"T’as dit droit international ?" (27)

Publié le 27 février 2011 sur le site aloufok.net

samedi 26 février 2011, par La Rédaction

Un soldat israélien s’apprête à tirer sur des manifestants protestant contre l’interdiction faite aux Palestiniens d’emprunter la rue Shuhada dans la ville d’Hébron. Vendredi, 25 février 2011.

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An Israeli soldier aims his gun towards Palestinians, Israeli left-wing activists and foreigners demonstrators during a protest against the closure of Shuhada street to Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Demonstrators also shouted slogans against the U.S. for vetoing the Arab-backed Security Council resolution against Jewish settlements.

(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Today, there was hundreds of confrontations between the power of states (armed to the teeth) with peaceful, unarmed demonstrators in cities like Hebron (Palestine), Tripoli Libya), Faluja (Iraq), Amman (Jordan), Aden (Yemen), Manama (Bahrain), and other places. HUndreds of people were injured, many were killed (especially in Libya). I joined the large demonstration in the old city of Al-Khalil/Hebron that is commemorating the day 17 years ago when a Jewish settler massacred worshippers in the Haram Ibrahimi (and this racist act was supported by the Israeli authorities because they followed it by expanding the colonial Jewish settlement and restricting Palestinian more (i.e. strengthening racism). Despite attempts by Israeli forces to encircle the city and prevent demonstrators from arriving, over 100 people came from around the west Bank (and many Internationals) to join the over 200-300 local people. THe Israeli army would not even let us assemble peacefully and started to use tear gas and concussion grenades (some of the gas drifted in the soldier's direction ;-). A back and forth ensued when demonstrators stood the ground and regrouped to advance again (at least three times).

I included a short but powerful video from Hebron event today in the second half of this video which also include segments of our demonstration in Bethlehem in support of Egyptian and other Arab people (Feb. 13, note Palestinian security officers tried to stop us) and a demonstration last Friday (Feb. 18) in Al-Ma'sara.