By Mel Frykberg
(Left: Israeli soldiers using a Palestinian boy as a human shield in Beit Ummar.)
"BEIT UMMAR, Occupied West Bank, Apr 19, 2010 (IPS) - A young Palestinian man died in Israeli custody as hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of villages and towns across the West Bank and Gaza to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners Day on Friday, Apr. 16.
Raed Abu Hammad, 31, was found dead in his prison cell late on Friday after spending the last 18 months in solitary confinement....
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) sealed off the village of Beit Ummar in the southern West Bank, north of Hebron, where a prisoner commemoration ceremony was taking place.
Several photographers working with IPS took photos of Israeli soldiers using a young boy as a human shield despite being shot at by the soldiers. IPS managed to enter the village prior to the exits and entrances being blocked by soldiers as clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers.
The confrontations broke out after military jeeps entered the agricultural village and attempted to break up the commemoration. The village committee had laid out hundreds of chairs and organised music for the celebration when it was stormed by the IDF......
But the youths remained defiant and sat down on the ground and refused to move. After the Israeli soldiers withdrew to the entrance of the village, the commemorations continued.
Military jeeps then returned and were met with a hail of stones. They responded with tear gas, rubber-coated metal bullets and some live ammunition.
Sabri Ibrahim Awad, 15, was left bruised and limping after he was used as a human shield by the Israeli soldiers as he rode his bike past them. He was not involved in the clashes. He was grabbed by the scruff of the neck and marched in front of the soldiers as rocks showered down. He was then cuffed and arrested and thrown into the back of a jeep. Several hours later a traumatised Awad was released.
Israel security forces have used Palestinians as human shields both in Gaza and the West Bank despite international law and Israeli courts ruling this illegal.
The Goldstone Report admonished the Israelis for endangering the lives of Palestinian youngsters during Israel’s war on Gaza at the end of 2008, beginning of 2009....."
(Left: Israeli soldiers using a Palestinian boy as a human shield in Beit Ummar.)
"BEIT UMMAR, Occupied West Bank, Apr 19, 2010 (IPS) - A young Palestinian man died in Israeli custody as hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of villages and towns across the West Bank and Gaza to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners Day on Friday, Apr. 16.
Raed Abu Hammad, 31, was found dead in his prison cell late on Friday after spending the last 18 months in solitary confinement....
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) sealed off the village of Beit Ummar in the southern West Bank, north of Hebron, where a prisoner commemoration ceremony was taking place.
Several photographers working with IPS took photos of Israeli soldiers using a young boy as a human shield despite being shot at by the soldiers. IPS managed to enter the village prior to the exits and entrances being blocked by soldiers as clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers.
The confrontations broke out after military jeeps entered the agricultural village and attempted to break up the commemoration. The village committee had laid out hundreds of chairs and organised music for the celebration when it was stormed by the IDF......
But the youths remained defiant and sat down on the ground and refused to move. After the Israeli soldiers withdrew to the entrance of the village, the commemorations continued.
Military jeeps then returned and were met with a hail of stones. They responded with tear gas, rubber-coated metal bullets and some live ammunition.
Sabri Ibrahim Awad, 15, was left bruised and limping after he was used as a human shield by the Israeli soldiers as he rode his bike past them. He was not involved in the clashes. He was grabbed by the scruff of the neck and marched in front of the soldiers as rocks showered down. He was then cuffed and arrested and thrown into the back of a jeep. Several hours later a traumatised Awad was released.
Israel security forces have used Palestinians as human shields both in Gaza and the West Bank despite international law and Israeli courts ruling this illegal.
The Goldstone Report admonished the Israelis for endangering the lives of Palestinian youngsters during Israel’s war on Gaza at the end of 2008, beginning of 2009....."
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