25 Israeli Peace Activists Arrested While Protesting an Israeli Occupation Army Commander Responsible for a War Crime in Ni'lin

Police arrests Anarchists who protested outside the home of Amy Commander in charge of Ni’lin

Tuesday August 05, 2008 23:17 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

As dozens of peace supporters, members of the Anarchist movement in Israel, staged a protest in front of the home of the Israeli occupation army Colonel, Aviv Reshef, in charge of Ni’lin area in the West Bank, Israeli policemen attacked the protesters and arrested 25.

The police claimed that the protesters clashed with policemen who arrived at the scene.

The Israeli peace activists were protesting the killing of an 11-year old Palestinian child who was shot and killed by army fire.

Reshef was only “reprimanded” for the recent shooting in Ni’lin when a soldier shot and wounded Ashraf Abu Rahma, a blind-folded and handcuffed Palestinian youth last week. Reshef stated in a hearing that he did not order the soldier to shoot the bound youth.

Abu Rahma, who was wounded, was shot from a close range by a rubber coated bullet while he was bound and blindfolded. Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Palestinian Occupied Territories B’Tselem released a video footage of the incident.

The footage was filmed by a young Palestinian girl from the village. Israeli occupation soldiers later arrested her father as an act of revenge.

The Tuesday protest was carried out around 6 in the evening when nearly forty protesters arrived in front of the home of Reshef. The police arrived at the scene and ordered them to leave.

The Israeli occupation government police sources claimed that the protesters refused to leave and attempted to move closer to the officers’ house. The police arrested nearly 25 peace activists and took them to a police station for questioning.

The police force issued a statement in which it did not deny aggressive behavior carried by the policemen but stated that they acted due to an order from the Attorney General which strictly bars any protests in front of homes that belong to Israeli occupation army officers.

During the funeral of the child on Monday, Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades, rubber coated bullets, tear gas and rounds of live ammunition at the residents. An Israeli military commander claimed that the Palestinian blocked a main road and that the army “used all riot dispersal means”.

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