Thursday, August 19, 2010

Video of soldiers closing down the shops

I did not make this video, someone else did. My "link" button is not working, so you will have to copy and paste it into the URL.

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The video is good but it shows only part of the story. Before being dragged away by the army, the people you are about to see were grabbed, thrown to the ground, tackled. No one was offering any resistance. The worst treatment was reserved for the Palestinians, at least one of whom was later beaten in prison.

The man being carried away by ambulance I now know is one of the shopkeepers who suffered a heart attack during the "operation". Fortunately, he has recovered and is alright.

You can see the soldiers welding down the shops. They have since not been reopened.

I can be seen in the video being pushed away by the commander. He was initially very gentle with me, later when we met face to face he began yelling and the shoves were much harder. Still, this is nothing in comparison to what the people who were arrested went through.

Some of the people who were arrested were charged with "assaulting soldiers". That is a complete and despicable lie. The only people who were assaulting anyone that day were the IDF.

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