WEST BANK: Clashes erupt between Israeli police and barrier protesters in the West Bank village of Nilin

Record ID: 563098

  • Title: WEST BANK: Clashes erupt between Israeli police and barrier protesters in the West Bank village of Nilin
  • Date: 14th August 2008
  • Summary: (W3) NILIN, WEST BANK (AUGUST 14, 2008) (REUTERS) DEMONSTRATORS WALKING UP DIRT PATH TO BARRIER CONSTRUCTION SITE VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS PUSHING SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATORS AND TRYING TO BLOCK THEM FROM WALKING TO BARRIER CONSTRUCTION SITE (2 SHOTS) TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS PUSHING ON GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS, AND SOME OF THEM FALLING OVER ISRAELI SOLDIER PUSHING WOMAN WIDE OF SOLDIERS SCUFFLING WITH DEMONSTRATORS ISRAELI SOLDIER TOSSING GAS CANISTER AND DEMONSTRATORS RUNNING AWAY ISRAELI SOLDIER PUSHING DEMONSTRATOR AND SHOUTING VARIOUS OF SOLDIER PUSHING DEMONSTRATOR AWAY
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2008 13:00
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  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA2BHP14FF9P57MBP8OQHZTCBDY
  • Story Text: Palestinians, left-wing Israelis and foreigners clash with Israeli police during demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier in the West bank village of Nilin.
    Israeli border policemen clashed with demonstrators in the West Bank village of Nilin on Thursday (August 14), during a protest against the construction of the Israeli separation barrier.
    Israeli media reported eleven people were hurt during the protest, most of them by rubber coated bullets shot by Israeli border policemen who are in charge of the area. Among the injured was a Sweden citizen, who was hit and broke her leg, Israeli media reported.
    Israeli border police spokesperson Moshe Pinchi told Reuters that the force situated in the area repelled approximately twenty young activists.
    Border police had no information about wounded of any sort, and did not arrest the demonstrators, Pinchi added.
    Last week, the Israeli army charged two soldiers over the alleged shooting with a rubber bullet at point-blank range of a bound and blindfolded Palestinian, a military spokesman said.
    Lieutenant Colonel Omri Borberg, a regimental commander suspended last month pending a military investigation, was transferred from his position over allegations he ordered the soldier, identified only as Staff Sergeant L., to fire the bullet.
    The Military Advocate General said it was charging the soldiers with the offense of "unworthy conduct". An army spokesman said the two could each receive a maximum one-year jail sentence. The incident took place five weeks ago, also in Nilin during another protest against Israel's barrier in and around the occupied territory.
    Palestinians say the Israeli-built separation barrier prevents residents from accessing land they tend to, and that the barrier is an attempt by Israel to appropriate land Palestinians want for a future Palestinian state.
    Israeli officials say the barrier prevents would-be Palestinian suicide bombers from entering Israeli communities.
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