WEST BANK: Demonstrators and Israeli security forces clash during anti-settlement protest

Record ID: 561418

  • Title: WEST BANK: Demonstrators and Israeli security forces clash during anti-settlement protest
  • Date: 26th September 2010
  • Summary: BEIT UMAR, WEST BANK (SEPTEMBER 25, 2010) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS MARCHING DURING DEMONSTRATION AGAINST JEWISH SETTLEMENTS, CHANTING AND CARRYING BOXES SYMBOLISING JEWISH SETTLEMENT PRODUCTS MORE OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING SLOGANS ISRAELI SOLDIERS CONFRONTING DEMONSTRATORS, BOTH SIDES ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER
  • Embargoed: 11th October 2010 13:00
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  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA95UMYDQKNHHDCZSTJ17M2G4EW
  • Story Text: Scores of Palestinians and international activists clashed with Israeli security forces on Saturday (September 25) during an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank.
    Palestinian residents of Beit Umar and other villages in the area say that some of their agricultural land was annexed to a "security zone" surrounding a nearby Jewish settlement and has become inaccessible to them.
    According to witnesses, Israeli soldiers on Saturday arrested an Associated Press photographer, as well as a foreign activist and two Palestinians who participated in the demonstration. A Reuters video showed the soldiers telling protesters they have entered a closed military zone, and using tear gas and stunt grenades to disperse them.
    An Israeli military spokesperson unit said that the soldiers used riot dispersal means against Palestinians who were hurling stones at them. The unit added it was checking the report regarding the photographer's arrest.
    The latest attempt at U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which resumed in Washington on September 2, faces a major test at the end of this month when Israel's 10-month partial moratorium on new construction in occupied territory is set to end.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recently Israel could not extend the moratorium but indicated he would limit the scope of future building.
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to quit the peace talks with Israel if it resumes new construction in occupied territory once the freeze expires at the end of September.
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