[GSlob]

Now, for general edification, could you please explain the difference between a riot and a demonstration in the present context?

[tallhappy]

Now, for general edification, could you please explain the difference between a riot and a demonstration in the present context?

Demonstrations they aren't burning things. There are some picts of large Hamas gatherings I call demonstrations.

The last picture is a close up of one.

[tallhappy]

This below for example is Hamas demonstrating -- they aren't rioting because they won.

[No2much3]

Demonstrations are when the civil authorities still have some control over the situation.

Riots are when when the police can no longer control the situation.

Since the civil authorities have had no control for years then it would be conceviable to say that the Palestinian districts have been in a constant state of riot ever since the En Fahadah (sp?) broke out.