Below an impression of several demos and attacks by Israel on non-violent demos in West Bank Palestine on March 16, 2012.
Below the photography a report of Nil’in village as well as a video of the assault with the attack dog which did not obey to the orders to release. Watch in the footage, even two soldiers were needed to pull the dog off the unarmed protester.
- Israeli soldiers march during clashes with Palestinian and foreign activists in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 following a protest against Palestinian land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Israeli soldiers give first aid treatment to Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, after she was struck in the head with a rubber bullet during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, is escorted by Israeli border police officers after she was treated for a head injury sustained from a rubber bullet fired by Israeli security forces during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers at a weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah March 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Israeli soldiers stand over Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, after she was struck in the head with a rubber bullet during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Israeli soldiers stand over Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, after she was struck in the head with a rubber bullet during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- An Israeli border police officer takes position behind a tree trunk during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers (unseen) at a weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah March 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- An Israeli soldier marches during a protest by Palestinian and foreign activists in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against Palestinian land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, lies on the ground after receiving first aid treatment from Israeli soldiers after being struck in the head by a rubber bullet during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Israeli soldiers give first aid treatment to Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, after she was struck in the head with a rubber bullet during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against land confiscation to build Jewish settlements nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Israeli soldiers escort Naomi Laet, 22, an Israeli pro-Palestinian activist, after she was struck in the head with a rubber bullet during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against land confiscation to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
- Israeli activist Niumie Leyt ,22, who was injured on her head by a rubber bullet from Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, March. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- A Palestinian protester hurls a stone at Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on March 16, 2012 against the confiscation of Palestinian land to build the Jewish settlement Hallamish nearby. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Palestinian stone-thrower holds a sling as he kicks back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes at a weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah March 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- Palestinians hang up a banner depicting prisoner Hana Shalabi during a protest in front of her family house in the West Bank village of Birqin, near Jenin March 16, 2012. The deteriorating health of Shalabi, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past month, is focusing international attention on Israel’s decades-old use of detention without trial. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- Yahya Shalabi (C), father of Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi, holds a poster of his daughter during a protest in front of their family house in the West Bank village of Birqin, near Jenin March 16, 2012. The deteriorating health of Shalabi, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past month, is focusing international attention on Israel’s decades-old use of detention without trial. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
- An Israeli army dog attacks a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- An Israeli army dog attacks a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- An Israeli army dog attacks a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- An Israeli police dog attacks a demonstrator during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- An Israeli army dog attacks a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- An Israeli police dog attacks a demonstrator during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- An Israeli police dog attacks a demonstrator during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- An Israeli police dog attacks a demonstrator during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- An Israeli army dog attacks a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- An Israeli police dog attacks a demonstrator during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- A Palestinian protester holds his national flag as another hurls a stone at Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister at Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
- Israeli soldiers detain a foreign peace activist during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem after the weekly Friday prayers on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- An Israeli soldier detains a foreign peace activist during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem after the weekly Friday prayers on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Israeli soldiers detain a foreign peace activist during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem after the weekly Friday prayers on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- A Palestinian woman holds a National flag in front of Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem after the weekly Friday prayers on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Israeli border police run towards Palestinian demonstrators during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
- Israeli soldiers detain a foreign peace activist during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem after the weekly Friday prayers on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Israeli soldiers detain a foreign peace activist during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem after the weekly Friday prayers on March 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL SHAER
- Palestinians chant slogans during a protest in solidarity with Hana Shalabi, a Palestinian jailed in Israel and who has been on hunger strike for 30 days, in the West Bank village of Burqin west of Jenin city, Friday, March 16, 2012. The Arabic writing on the placard reads, “administrative detention is a violation of human rights,” and “freedom for Hana Shalabi.”(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
- Palestinian protestors clash with Israeli soldiers at the entrance to Ofer Prison near Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank during a demonstration to support female prisoner Hanaa al-Shalabi (portrait) who was freed in a prisoner swap with Israel but was re-arrested on February 16 and has gone on hunger strike since. Shalabi “is demanding the end of administrative detention (imprisonment without charge) and that the Israeli soldiers who beat her up and undressed her to carry out a body search be put on trial,” her lawyer said. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinian protestors demonstrate at the entrance to Ofer Prison near Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank to support female prisoner Hanaa al-Shalabi (portrait) who was freed in a prisoner swap with Israel but was re-arrested on February 16 and has gone on hunger strike since. Shalabi “is demanding the end of administrative detention (imprisonment without charge) and that the Israeli soldiers who beat her up and undressed her to carry out a body search be put on trial,” her lawyer said. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Israeli border police run towards Palestinian demonstrators during demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, March 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
- Palestinians hold pictures of prisoner Hana Shalabi, during a protest in support of Shalabi outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah March 15, 2012. The deteriorating health of Shalabi, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past month is focusing international attention on Israel’s decades-old use of detention without trial. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
- A Palestinian protestor, holding a poster calling for the end of the administrative detention of female prisoner Hanaa al-Shalabi, demonstrates at the entrance to Ofer Prison near Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank to support Shalabi who was freed in a prisoner swap with Israel but was re-arrested on February 16 and has gone on hunger strike since. Shalabi “is demanding the end of administrative detention (imprisonment without charge) and that the Israeli soldiers who beat her up and undressed her to carry out a body search be put on trial,” her lawyer said. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
- Palestinians demonstrators runs away from a water canon used by Israeli troops to disperse protesters during demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, March. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
When teargas and rubber bullets aren’t enough, Israeli soldiers release the hounds on unarmed Palestinian protesters
Ni’lin Village | March 16, 2012
In Kufur Qaddoum, clashes between Israeli Border Police officers who shot tear-gas projectiles and rubber-coated bullets and local youth who threw stones at the forces developed. Roughly 15 minutes later – in a scene that seemed as if it was taking place in the American South of the 1960s – Border Police officers decided to sic an army dog at a group of the demonstrators, standing several dozens of meters away. The dog chased after the protesters, biting and locking his jaws into the arm of one of them – Ahmad Shtawi.
For long minutes, the dog would not release its hold of the bleeding arm, even as its handler arrived at the scene and tried to order it to do so. The Border Police officers then arrested Shtawi, despite the fact he was in obvious need of medical attention. Morad Shtawi, a member of the village’s popular committee, tried to reason with the commanding officer into releasing young man. He was then pepper-sprayed and arrested as well.
Two other residents of the village were injured during the demonstration, after being hit by tear-gas projectiles shot directly at them. One was hit in the leg and another in the shoulder.
The weekly protest in Kufer Qaddoum, west of Nablus, was dedicated to the memory of Rachel Corrie – an American protester who was killed after an Israeli D9 bulldozer drove over her in Rafah exactly nine years ago, on March 16, 2003.
In Nabi Saleh, at least three protesters were injured during the demonstration, including an Israeli woman who was hit in the head by a rubber-coated bullet. The two others were hit lightly injured, one by a rubber-coated bullet and the other by a tear-gas projectile. The woman was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital.
Earlier today, large forces entered the village and sprayed a foul-smelling liquid known as the Skunk from a water cannon.
During the night, the army staged yet another raid on the village, the fifth in a week’s time.
In Ni’lin,, demonstration was held despite the rainy weather, the demonstration was dedicated to the American activist Tristan Anderson who was shot by high velocity tear gas projectile in his head by the Israeli soldiers in 13.03.2009 in the middle of Ni’lin village. also commemorating the anniversary to the killing of Rachel Corrie in gaza strip by an israeli military bulldozer.
Israeli soldiers fired massive tear gas canister at protester,rubber coated bullets and skunk water,one demonstrator was hit with a rubber bullet in his hand and was treated directly.
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