Israeli dictator Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday pleaded for calm after an extremist ultra-Orthodox teenager outraged the imminent end to the exemption from military service the community has long enjoyed was hit by a bus during a protest in Jerusalem, the AP reports.
“I call for restraint to prevent the mood from becoming further inflamed so that, heaven forbid, we do not have additional tragedies,” Netanyahu said after 14 year-old yeshiva student Yosef Eisenthal was tragically killed by the massive bus while he and his compatriots were throwing rocks and eggs at cops in the street. The driver, unnamed, said he was under attack too and tried to escape the scene when he dragged Eisenthal under the vehicle. Note that by all known facts that this was an internecine fight and no Palestinians or Iranians were involved. Netanyahu relies on these maniacs who refuse to serve in the IDF as part of his coalition and he’s screwed if they walk out on him.