Relations between Border Police and Gilad Farm outpost residents took another turn for the worse Sunday night when a non-Jewish policeman sped the wrong way on a street in the community. Residents were terrified to see the police jeep tearing through the street in the wrong direction, endangering their lives and those of little children.
They shouted at the driver, who they say repeated has behaved problematically, and he angrily responded, “You can’t tell me what to do. I decide,” according to eyewitness Etai Zar, who said the driver’s officer told the policeman to leave the area.
Instead, the driver remained on the scene and began pushing people while shouting, “You can’t tell me what to do. I decide.” After the confrontation with residents escalated, resulting in a puncture to one of the jeep’s tires, the policeman threatened, “This is the end for you people.” Another resident told Arutz-7 that the Border Police, contrary to the law, always remove their name tags before entering the community, preventing them from identifying the driver, who spoke with an Arab or Druze accent.
Zar, who was arrested and released last week for alleged violations that later were dismissed as being unproven, commented, “The residents here are not looking for trouble. We want peace and quiet.”
The Gilad Farm, located near Kedumim in Samaria, has been in the center of several disturbances with Arab intruders and police carrying out government demolition orders.
Arabs burned down two small “caravans,” mobile homes without wheels, on the Rosh HaShanah New Year holiday, destroying one of the structures where a young couple and their baby lived. No one was injured, but the family lost most of their possessions.