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Jewish Israeli Stone Throwing
Jewish Israeli stone-throwing refers to criminal rock-throwing activity by Jewish Israelis in Mandatory Palestine, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem. It includes material about internecine stone-throwing, in which Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews throw stones at other Jews as a protest against what they view as violations of religious laws concerning Shabbat, Tzniut, modest clothing for women and similar issues, and material about stone-throwing by Israeli settler violence, extremists in the settler movement. Historical incidents Following The Sergeants affair, on the evening of 31 July 1947, groups of British policemen and soldiers went on the rampage in Tel Aviv, breaking the windows of shops and buses, overturning cars, stealing a taxi and assaulting members of the Jewish community. Groups of young Jews then took to the streets and started stoning police foot patrols, which were then withdrawn from the city. On learning of the stonings, without waiting for orders, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Rock-throwing
Stone throwing or rock throwing, when it is directed at another person (called stone pelting in India), is often considered a form of criminal Battery (crime), battery. History The throwing of rocks or stones is one of the most ancient forms of ranged-weapon combat, with stone-throwing sling (weapon), slings found among other weapons in the tomb of Tutankhamen, who died about 1325 BC. Xenophon mentions in his Hellenica the petrobóloi ( grc, πετροβόλοι), and Thucydides in the History of the Peloponnesian War and Dio Cassius in his Histories mention the lithobóloi ( grc, λιθοβόλοι), both meaning stone-throwers in Greek, as army units. De re militari (Latin "Concerning Military Matters") by the Roman writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus details Roman soldiers training to throw stones as weapons. "Recruits are to be taught the art of throwing stones both with the hand and sling." And "Formerly all soldiers were trained to the practice of throwing stones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
