Burnat and Barghouthi Are Reportedly Assaulted During West Bank Demonstrations

posted on: Jan 27, 2015

JERUSALEM (Ma‘an) 24 Jan — Clashes broke out Friday afternoon between Israeli forces and young Palestinian men in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Wadi al-Juz and al-Tur as well as the towns of Abu Dis and al-Ezariya in Jerusalem district, a local spokesman said. Hani Halabiya, a spokesman of resistance committees in Jerusalem district, told Ma‘an that fierce clashes broke out in Abu Dis and al-Ezariya during which Israeli troops detained five Palestinian youths. They were held in a police station in the Israeli settlement of Maale Addumim and in a military base known as al-Jabal (the mountain) for several hours before they were released. Rami Illariyya, a freelance journalist who was among the detainees, said more than 10 Israeli soldiers assaulted him and the other detainees. “They stopped me while I was doing my job in al-Ezariyya, beating me and kicking me violently, then they assaulted me again while I was held at Maale Addumim police station,” he explained.  Clashes were also reported in al-Tur neighborhood on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. Witnesses said Israeli troops showered houses in the area with tear gas which reached al-Maqasid hospital. The soldiers detained a young man near the hospital, beating him violently. Fifteen more youths were forced to squat in the middle of the street at a junction about 100 meters from the hospital. In Wadi al-Juz neighborhood, Israeli special forces broke in firing tear gas and stun grenades in the narrow alleys. No detentions or assaults were reported there. – See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/barghouthi-reportedly-demonstrations

Source: mondoweiss.net