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Atef Safadi / EPA
A Palestinian youth protester lobs a rock at an Israeli soldier standing on the other side of the fence, during the weekly proteste against Israeli-built separation barriers in the West Bank village of Billin, on Jan. 7. The protesters also commemorated the death of a Palestinian protester Jawaher Abu Rahmah from the village of Billin, who died after inhaling tear gas on Dec. 31. The cause of death is disputed.
Abbas Momani / AFP - Getty Images
Israeli soldiers disperse protesters in Bilin.
Abbas Momani / AFP - Getty Images
Israeli soldiers fire tear-gas grenades at protesters.
Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
A Palestinian woman throws a stone towards Israeli soldiers.
Palestinians in Bilin have protested the West Bank separation wall every week for six years. Yesterday, The New York Times' The Lede Blog rounded up the reporting, charges and counter-charges around the use of tear gas by Israeli troops and the Dec. 31 death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, whose brother was killed at a 2009 protest after being struck by a tear gas canister. Palestinians, and some Israeli bloggers and newspapers are protesting the potential lethality of tear gas being used against protesters. Read the post here.
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Peace will come when Palestinians take responsiblity for their own fate by building civic institutions and businesses, instead of putting all of their effort into destroying Israel. The men the IDF arrested when this tragic error occurred were known terrorists who hadplanned a series of attacks on civilians from their Palestinian authority prison cells. They were then released by the PA. The preventative for mistakes like this is for the Palestinian Authority, which is in control of Hebron, to become a responsible government capable of trying and convicting terrorists instead of releasing them from prison.
Real men do not serve in the IDF, only cowards.
I would use a bigger rock.
Hey, it's time for the intramural again, go get the rocks and water cannons.
Happy Days. The IDF are shooting each other with friendly fire again. YES :)
wow they got their pictures taken by reporters, went home, got happy. What a fuking show they put on for the media that is just hungry to make an elephant out of a fly.
BTW: lol look at the boy's snickers, even i cant afford white leather "Puma" living in US.
When the beast feels no pain, the beast has won.
Why does the IDF kept coming to the protest anyway? The protests only continue because Israel is ignoring the order of its own Supreme Court to remove and reroute the wall off Bil'in land. Why won't the IDF just stay away from the wall every Friday and go do something more productive? That way the protesters can march down the hill, chant at the wall, and throw rocks at nobody. And if they dismantle the wall before the go home, well... less work for Israel.
Well said.
The American police used tear gas for years, as a way of avoiding injury for either the protesters or themselves. Now that Israel is doing the same, of course it's a crime against humanity. OH, please.
Sure is reminiscent of the Civil Rights struggle in the United States, and the Apartheid struggle in South Africa.
And yes, "tear gas" can kill someone in certain situations.
President Carter is correct - it is an Apartheid occurring in the Middle East against the Palestinians, which unfortunately effects the welfare of American troops in other parts of the world, as stated by U.S. Generals Patraeus and Mullin.