Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel, police there say

Palestinian man throws a stone toward Israeli soldiers after funeral of Arafat Jaradat in Hebron in West Bank Feb. 25, 2013. / AP

JERUSALEM Israeli police say a rocket has been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. A police spokesman says there was damage to a road but no injuries.

It's the first such rocket from the Palestinian territory to land in Israel since Israeli-Gaza fighting last November.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the remains of a rocket were found on Tuesday near the city of Ashkelon, in southern Israel.

There have been protests throughout the West Bank in recent days in support of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. This weekend, Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat, 30, died under disputed circumstances, prompting more protests.

A statement from the Palestinian president's office says President Mahmoud Abbas has instructed Palestinian security officials to preserve order in the West Bank, but he blames Israel for the violence.

Thousands attended Jaradat's funeral procession in the West Bank of Hebron, Monday.

Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators, while Israeli officials say there's no conclusive cause of death yet and that more tests are needed.

[Stringbeing]

It does seem as though the Israelis tortured and killed a Palestinian prisoner...You know, what with the autopsy being made public and all.

And whatever you might think about Israel's or Palestine's right to exist... You got to admit that torturing and killing a prisoner is not conducive to everybody having a nice day.

So what sorts of things might anybody do to make things better?

I do note that we give both sides about 4 billion a year, each. Does anyone know what sort of conditions are on that money? I understand there are none.

So what if some conditions were put on that money? What if we deducted a million per verifiable rocket launch from Palestine and a million per settler in an expanded settlement from Israel?

If nothing else, it might save us some money...and, word is, this would be a great time to save some money.

Maybe all that money is actually fueling the problems over there.

[VO142857]

There is absolutely no proof of it. It's an unsubstantiated claim made by Palestinians, who cannot be trusted. They have a long history of false accusations, including mock funeral of Israel's "victim", who miraculously rose up after the funeral unaware that there was a satellite overhead.

[DovBenMen]

DIDHESAYTHAT replies: "Why did we have to displace people and create a country for Jews who supposedly were there since the beginning of time? DUH...."

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#1. "WE" -- If you mean the USA, "YOU" didn't.

#2. "FOR JEWS" -- If you imply "and not for anyone other than Jews" you are wrong, both historically and presently

#3. "HAVE TO DISPLACE" -- Leaders of Arab nations called for the Arab residents in the newly created Israel to leave their homes so the Arab armies could more easily wipe out the non-Arab residents. The promise Nassar et. al. Made was that those Arabs would later return to rule the land ... But those leaders could not fulfill that promise once their armies were trashed by the Israelis.

#4. "BEGINNING OF TIME" -- No such claim was made; there was plenty of history in the years before Judaism introduced monotheism to the world.

[Louis_Chez]

I really hate irrelevant spam clogging the board!

[Ulgnud]

Looks like they have re-organizes and re-armed since the last time they were stomped.

[daveelliot]

This is how this crap starts. Then Israel will respond and the poor Palestinians will play the crying victim.

[DovBenMen]

Yes "dead". Your accusation may be merely running ahead of the facts or it could be inciting to violence, depending on your intention. Let's have a look at your history of comments here to see if you are merely an honest broker or something far more sinister ...

[Limorgreen]

Now you understand with whom we are dealing?