Palestinians talking to soldiers... Reposted

No one was using violence. Except the IDF.
 
 
 

Face-off (1) ... Reposted

Sorry, the pictures I posted earlier did not show. I had to repost this.

 
Some of the soldiers I was speaking to.
 
Palestinian men facing the soldiers
 
Jewish American girl facing the soldiers.
 
Police chief threatening people.

Final pictures of the event

 
Some people chose to stand by and watch from a distance.
 
Woman filming the soldiers.
 
Palestinian man being forced to show his ID. It was then taken.
 
CPTers talking to a soldier.

Shop doors being welded shut

At least three families have lost their source of income.

 
 
 

Brave commander in action

I haven't seen anyone in uniform push civilians around and threaten them with such heroic courage. That is why this section is devoted entirely to him. I'm sure he will get a medal.

* I accidentally said he is the army commander. He is actually commander of the Border Police. They are a military unit that has the powers that both the army and police have. They are far more brutal than either and are feared most by Palestinians. I have heard that about 50% of their ranks are composed of Bedouins and Palestinians who have decided to collaborate with the army. They are often more vicious that the Israeli Jewish soldiers.

 
 

Face off (2)

 
Soldiers evicting people from another shop. Paulette was one of them.
 
Army commander who pushed many people around, including me. For some reason I attracted a lot of his anger. Perhaps I was demoralizing his men.
 
Elderly Palestinian men who were allowed to leave the area.
 
Soldiers.

People being attacked and arrested

 
 
 

The pictures speak for themselves.

Army assault commences

 
Paulette standing by the gate, seconds before the soldiers rushed out. She placed herself inside a store and had to be roughly pushed out.

 
 
 
Soldiers move into the crowd, pushing people away. They then charged into the shops.

Taking down the doors

Some of the Palestinians tried to prevent the assault by taking down the doors to the shops. The hope was that if there were no doors, the soldiers would not be able to weld them shut.

 
 
 
 

Getting ready to attack (2)

Soldiers on the rooftop.
 
 
Taking photos.
 
 

Getting ready to attack (1)

 
 
 
Soldiers and police officers took pictures of us from the base.
 
Other soldiers positioned themselves on the rooftops of houses above us.