"...Judy was one of the women who in December 1988 started Women in Black, holding vigils every Friday at which they carried 'Stop the Occupation' posters in Hagar Square in Jerusalem and endured the hostility of passers-by." (p. 210)
During the uprising that began in October 2015, some resistance was violent, some not, but:
"The Israeli government responded with violence, defining all resistance as terrorism." (p. 216)
Citizens were encouraged to carry weapons and:
"The Palestinians who were shot were often left to bleed to death." (p. 217)
A sergeant in the Israeli army medical corps found a Palestinian lying on the ground bleeding from a bullet wound and shot him point blank in the head. He said, "'This terrorist must die.'" (ibid.) His family hugged him, the Israeli public considered him a hero, thousands demonstrated to support him, 60% of young people thought that he had done right and Netanyahu "...called his family to express his support." (p. 218) Netanyahu also said that fences and barriers would defend Israel "...against the wild beasts." (ibid.)
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