molotov cocktails

A photo of the cab carrying the Riyada family after it was firebombed, allegedly by Israelis from a nearby settlement. (photo: Israel Police)

No one is put on trial when a Palestinian family is burned alive

Three years before the attack on the Dawabshe family, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a taxi, burning and seriously wounding members of the Riyada family. Despite incontrovertible evidence showing settlers were behind the attack, the case was closed after a two-week investigation. By John Brown* and Noam Rotem August 2012. A Molotov cocktail is thrown…

By +972 Magazine September 1, 2015

A Molotov cocktail used in an attack on African homes in Tel Aviv (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Court slams MKs for incitement leading to attacks on African migrants

Tel Aviv District Court convicts man in failed fire bombing of apartment housing African migrants in south Tel Aviv. Judge lays some blame on politicians for inciting against African migrants. The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Elad Gadban to 27 months in prison for throwing Molotov cocktails at the home of African migrants home on…

By Haggai Matar September 9, 2013

Arsonist-assister Haim Mula (center) confronting anti-racism activist (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Suspect in arson of asylum seeker homes reaches plea deal with no jail time

Haim Mula, a resident of the Shapira neighborhood in south Tel Aviv who was arrested last April in connection with the nighttime arson attack of several African asylum seeker homes and one kindergarten in his neighborhood, has signed a plea bargain that exempts him from jail time. Mula, 20, was originally accused of committing the…

By Haggai Matar December 24, 2012

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Week after attacks, another African residence firebombed

Just a week after an Israeli threw Molotov cocktails at four apartments that are home to African refugees and an African kindergarten in the Shapira neighborhood of South Tel Aviv, another residence has been attacked with firebombs. Two Molotov cocktails were hurled at the home of Nigerian immigrants in the HaTikva neighborhood in South Tel…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat May 5, 2012

A molotov cocktails used in the attack on asylum seekers (Oren Ziv / Activsetills)

Israeli arrested on suspicion of arson of asylum seekers’ homes

A 20-year-old Israeli from south Tel Aviv has been arrested last night in connection to the arson attacks on four asylum seekers’ houses and one kindergarten. Police says the young man is suspected of having committed the attacks on racist grounds, in an attempt to force non-Israeli residents out of the neighborhood. The suspect will be…

By Haggai Matar April 28, 2012

African asylum seeker in Shapira with cops on the night of the attacks (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

‘What if refugees were to fire bomb Israeli houses?’

A guest post by Leehee Rotschild, who tries to imagine a scenario in which Molotov cocktails are thrown at Israelis, and not asylum seekers, as was the case two nights ago in south Tel Aviv. Let’s take a moment to imagine what would happen if Eritrean refugees had thrown Molotov cocktails into Jewish houses and…

By Haggai Matar April 28, 2012

Refugee homes, kindergarten torched in arson attack in Tel Aviv

South Tel Aviv’s African community was hit by five Molotov cocktails last night, as Israelis wrapped up their Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day) celebrations. Four of the Molotov cocktails were thrown into apartments that are home to Africans; one was lobbed into a kindergarten. No injuries were reported. Police are investigating the incidents that activists call…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat April 26, 2012