These actions reminded me of the anti-Jewish pogroms initiated against my poor ancestors in Russian shtetls or ghettos during the time of the Czar, or any pogrom-like event where large numbers of civilians are punished for the actions of a few. In this case, Israel’s false claims that Hamas was holding the teenagers hostage when the government knew that they were dead inflamed already paranoid fascist elements in the Jewish population. Vigilantism and street rampages were reported widely by Palestinians.
