Is it true that in this video Israeli security forces pour the sidewalks with uncleances so that the Palestinians do not make a Friday prayer?

In the fall of 2023, social networks bypassed personnel, on which the police supposedly irrigate the sewer water of Jerusalem Street. We checked whether such a description of the video is correct.

Against the backdrop of a military escalation in the Middle East in the Russian-speaking media, information appeared that the Israeli police did not let the Palestinian Muslims into the Jerusalem mosque. Because of this, as reported, the Arabs are forced to make Friday prayer near the sidewalks. However, the security forces found a way to fight with this - now they allegedly refill their waterflows with wastewater from the toilets and water the territory adjacent to the mosque.

You can read about this in social networks such as "VKontakte" And Tiktok. The news received special distribution at Telegram - mainly thanks to the channels "Putin in Telegram"(169,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), Voblya (153,000), "Prigozhin 2023"(130,000),"Bullet"(125,000),"True Russia"(67 000),"NOT ZLI Russian Medwede"(56 000) and"Bullet 18+"(52 000).

On October 7, 2023, the radical movement of Hamas (in a number of countries is recognized as a terrorist organization) Apply A series of missile strikes on the territory of Israel. At the same time, militants penetrated the border settlements of this country, where Killed Hundreds of civilians, and more than 220 hostages Beded to the gas sector. In response, Israel began the bombardment of the territory, and after a few weeks I moved To a large -scale ground operation in the gas sector. The whole operation is accompanied by large human victims among peaceful population region.

Mosque Al-Aksa - The Muslim shrine, located on the temple mountain of Jerusalem, in the immediate vicinity of the crying wall. Periodically, the power of Israel limit access To the mosque for all Muslims or only for men under 50 years old - this basically happens after incidents involving Palestinians. Another ban was announced after the Hamas attack on October 7. At the same time, the attack itself received the name "storm al-axa" from representatives of the Palestinian group and It was positioned As an answer to the ongoing "desecration" of the mosque by Jews.

Messages about spraying by Jerusalem guards of water order from toilets began spread In social networks at the end of October. The video illustrating these messages is somewhat different from what was encircled in Russian Telegram channels, but shot in the same location.

Photo: screenshots from social networks

On a car with Vodomotyot, you can read the inscriptions "Jerusalem" and "Israeli Police". Palestinian resource Al-Quds Al-Bawsalawhose logo stands in the second video, claims that the video was shot in the Jerusalem Arabic quarter Wadi al-Jozh. Indeed, in the Google Street View service there is such location. This place is located about 1.5 km from the Al-Aksa mosque.

Judging by the time of appearance on the network, the personnel were shot on Friday, October 27, - one of the days when the Israeli police limited Access to a weekly prayer in the Al-Aksa mosque to all Palestinians, except for women and elderly men. This confirms Video recording From The Guardian, published on the specified day. The report tells about the measures applied by the Israeli police in relation to the Arabs, which prayed outside the mosque.

Photo: The Guardian screenshot

On one of the frames, we see the application of the water in the same location and in the same direction as in the video of interest to us. Apparently, this is the same case, removed from different angles, the benefit of journalists, as can be seen in the screenshot, was enough there.

The liquid that comes out of the water is not like drinking water: it has a brownish tint.

Photo: screenshot from social networks

The Guardian titers say that the security forces used “scum water”. This is not euphemism to describe impurity. Skunk (“Skuns”) is the name of the fluid to contain the crowd developed by the Department of Technological Development of the Israeli Police in cooperation with Odortec Ltd. After a shot from the water, Skunk leaves a strong smell on all surfaces, reminiscent of rot or sewage. By statement manufacturers, liquid is made of environmentally friendly raw materials, 100% suitable for eating: primarily from yeast, baking powder and water. Nevertheless, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz Reported About such reactions of the body to Skunk as nausea, vomiting and skin rash, and a number of international organizations opposed the use of this weapon. Skunk was For the first time Used by Israeli military against demonstrators on the territory of the western coast in 2008 and since then became common occurrence In this region, and sometimes used against protesting ultra -orthodox Jews. Palestinians They called This substance with a word with the meaning of "shit".

In all likelihood, on October 27, it was Skunk that the police in Jerusalem once again used in relation to the Palestinians. Thus, the statement of the “toilet water” in the waterflies was incorrect, although many other details of the news turned out to be true.

Photo on the cover: social networks

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