Protest Before The US Residence In Israel
[use Open Image in New Window to see pictures in full enlarged]Hundreds of Israeli and International Peace activist’s demonstrated last Saturday, Jan. 1 2011 in Tel Aviv in front of the residence of James B Cunningham, the US Ambassador to Israel, and in front of the Israeli war ministry, the so-called Israeli “defense” ministry. The demo erupted in the wake of the murder of Palestinian woman Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, from Bilin, with a toxic tear gas grenade made in USA and donated to Israel in order to suppress the peaceful demonstrations against the apartheid wall which Israel continues to build on Palestinian agricultural lands in a violation of a decision issued by the international court of justice in The Hague.
In front of the American’s Ambassador’s house, the demonstrators chanted against the massive US weapon donations to Israel which has resulted in the murder of many Palestinian civilians in their own homeland. The demonstrators returned all empty toxic tear gas canisters which had been shot last Friday Dec. 31 2010 by the Israeli soldiers into a peace demo where several international peace activists took part next to the Palestinians to protest against the theft of their lands in Bilin north of the West Bank, and which lead to the murder of Abu Rahma. The protesters chanted loudly demanding that the American Ambassador send those empty tears gas canisters back to his country, and to stop supplying Israel with weapons.
In front of the Israeli war ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, the demonstrators asked for the arrest of the soldiers who murdered the Palestinian woman Jawaher. They blocked the street and later eight of them were arrested. The Israeli police arrested in total 11 Israeli peace activists, among them two old women aged over 65. The police accused the activists of “carrying illegal weapons” (the empty tear gas canisters made in USA and shot by the IDF in Bilin against the peace demo), “resisting arrest”, “violating laws”, “causing trouble” and “disturbing the public order”. The activists were transferred to the Tel Aviv jail. Later some of them were released on condition to come before the judge on the second day.
The demo before the US ambassadors residence and the Israeli war ministry were not the only ones. Several demonstrations and vigils were held in many cities and towns around the world. Jawaher Abu Rahma, 36, died on the morning of Jan. 1, 2011, hours after inhaling tear gas at a peace demo in Bilin.
Yesterday, Sunday Jan. 2 2011, a Palestinian youth aged 21, a university student who also worked as a farmer during his holidays, was murdered at 7am at the Al-Hamra checkpoint near Nablus. The victim was shot several bullets in his chest, arm and leg by the IDF soldier who clashed with him, insulting his dignity because he had asked a female soldier about the reason for stopping him and delaying his access at the checkpoint without reasons. The man was carrying a glass bottle that the soldiers “believed he was planning to use to stab them”. No soldiers were injured in the incident.
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