Word: yaacov
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Fearing for the lives of those police trapped inside, the security forces, who initially numbered only 45, smashed through the gates and charged the rioters. Vastly outnumbered and exposed to a deadly hail of stones, the police resorted to live ammunition. Said police commissioner Yaacov Terner: "Their lives were in real danger. They had no other way but to respond the way they did." As further proof that the riot was premeditated, Israelis note that Palestinian leader Faisal Husseini -- later jailed for incitement -- was in the crowd...