Rock-Throwing

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Israeli teen charged in stone-throwing attack that killed Palestinian woman

January 25, 2019

Aisha Rabi, 47, a mother of eight, was driving with her husband and two of their children when she was hit in the head by a stone thrown by what police alleged was a group of Israeli high school students.

Palestinians carry the body of 48-year-old mother of eight Aisha Rabi, who died of her wounds after the car she was traveling in with her husband was hit by stones, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Bidya on Oct. 13, 2018. Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

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Jonathan S. TobinJanuary 23, 2019

Israel’s foes finally admit that rocks can kill

Rock-throwing has always been depicted as a harmless act of symbolism used by the powerless, but after an alleged settler attack, it’s time to agree that it’s an act of terror.

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