From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee:
Israeli Border Police Violently Attack Palestinians and Int’ls in Hebron
Twelve were detained and Three were injured after Israeli forces attacked participants of the Bili’n Conference on the Popular Struggle who toured Hebron.Israeli Border Police officers attacked a group of Palestinians and Internationals who participated in the 7th International Bil’in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle this afternoon. The incident took place during a tour of the Old City of Hebron. Eight Palestinians and four internationals were arrested and at least three people were injured by the blows they suffered at the hands of police. One Italian woman suffered an injury to her shoulder that required hospitalization.
About 200 Palestinians and Internationals attended the second day of the Bil’in Conference, which today took place at the old city of Hebron. After lunch, which was held at a school off of Shuhada Street, participants began to gather at the entrance of the Old City to begin a tour of the area. Settlers who passed by in their cars noticed the gathering and aggressively honked their horns at the group, but continued without incident. Two minutes later, Israeli Border Police officers arrived in the area and arbitrarily detained a three of the Palestinians. A second group of settlers then arrived at the scene in large numbers and began inciting the police against the conference participants, calling on the police officers to “eliminate” the them. the Border Police officers, now joined by regular police, then began pushing and beating the conference participants – men and women alike.
During the attack, the officers arrested eight Palestinians and four internationals. While most were released without charge shortly after, two Palestinians and two internationals are still held at the Hebron police station. Among those still held are two Italians and Issa Amro, a well known grassroots activist from Hebron, who was clearly arrested for who he is rather than anything he’s done. Amro has only recently spent nearly a week in detention after the army evicted Palestinians from a house in the city. The eviction took place despite the fact that the activists had legal claim to the house, which eventually forced the authorities to release Amro unconditionally.
For more on the International Bil’in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle see here.
WTF are Israeli thugs, aka police, doing in Hebron and what jurisdiction do they have there? They don’t belong there, are in a foreign country and are acting like skinhead Klan members. Just another day in the day of ‘the only democracy’ that acts like no democracy on earth, but like a fascist teenage moron.
Jewish state *ahem* “border police” attack Palestinians and foreign visitors in a city located smack in the middle of the southern part of the West Bank, far outside the Jewish state
‘s19481967borders. Interesting. And rather déjà vu…The Palestinians have really put a lot of work into their media efforts and it is FAR more powerful than violence . Simple, effective, damaging. Mabrouk !
Israel is slowly tearing its reputation to shreds.
It reminds me of a dog who is unable to stop himself humping chairlegs. Even when there are visitors in the kitchen
i’m sure denis will appear any minute now to inform us how, basically, the iof are just doing their jobs and if this had been americans in iraq or afghanistan it would have been worse, and then thank adam for posting the video.
https://mondoweiss.mystagingwebsite.com/2012/04/what-do-you-want-from-a-5-year-old-girl-she-threatens-your-state-israel-raids-a-house-in-nabi-salah.html/comment-page-1#comment-441713
That man in the orange ball cap pushed to the ground by the Israeli military is going to have some back problems. Go on a tour of the old city of Hebron and get your ass kicked by Israeli police.