- Title: Bethlehem clashes break out during rally
- Date: 17th April 2017
- Summary: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (APRIL 17, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE STANDING ON ROAD, TYRES BURNING TYRES BURNING PEOPLE ON ROAD / SMOKE RISING FROM TYRES / CAMERAMAN FILMING SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING FROM TYRES / PALESTINIANS THROWING STONES PALESTINIANS THROWING STONES GUN SEEN THROUGH GAP IN GATE IN WEST BANK BARRIER WALL BARRIER WALL PALESTINIANS THROWING ITEMS GATE IN BARRIER WALL OPENING AND VEHICLE DRIVING OUT SHOOTING TEARGAS PEOPLE WALKING DOWN ROAD, TRAFFIC DRIVING
- Embargoed: 1st May 2017 11:10
- Keywords: Bethlehem clashes prisoners violence West Bank Israel Palestinian
- Location: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
- City: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016CSE9MV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the West Bank on Monday (April 17) during a rally in support of a hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails.
Prominent prisoner Marwan Barghouti, widely seen as a possible future Palestinian president, called for the strike, which started on Monday and also prompted a large rally in Gaza.
Palestinians termed the open-ended strike a protest against poor conditions and an Israeli policy of detention without trial that has been applied against thousands since the 1980s.
Israel said the move by the prisoners, many of whom were convicted of attacks or planning attacks against Israel, was politically motivated. Israel denies Palestinian inmates are mistreated. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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