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Shocking Video Aired on Israeli Channel 10 now with Subtitles
Jan 14th
A couple of days ago, I posted a video clip from Channel 10 news here in Israel about a recent protest in Nebi Salah, West Bank. I have been trying to hard code the video with English subtitles that Didi Remez graciously provided to no avail. So I am posting Didi’s subtitles below the video. By the way, if you have not been to Didi’s site, you are missing out on one of the best sites on Israel available in English.
Transcript:
Channel 10 news, 10 January 2010 (20:04)
Or Heller: Pictures taken from a new center of violence: the Village of Nabi Salah. Protest of land seizures. Police officers react with full force; a group of settlers hurling rocks; IDF Spokesman reaction
Narrator Yaakov Eilon: Footage taken during a violent clash outside Ramallah last weekend shows settlers hurling rocks at Palestinians and army soldiers standing around, doing nothing. Furthermore, an IDF officer was filmed threatening left-wing activists who were there. Our military affairs correspondent Or Heller has the report.
Heller: A new center of violence was added last week to the regular violent spots in the Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Ni’ilin: the Village of Nabi Salah in the Ramallah area. On Friday afternoon, several dozen Palestinian demonstrators arrived there to protest the fact that lands were seized here by the nearby settlement of Neve Tzuf Halamish.
Unidentified speaker: This is my land! Why? Why can’t I? This is my land!
Heller: IDF and Border Police soldiers are seen trying to disperse this nonviolent demonstration with full force, using tear gas, stun grenade, rubber bullets fired point blank, and sometimes they even use the handle of their gun. Then, a group of settlers from Neve Tzuf Halamish joined in.
Unidentified speaker: You see? Did you see that?
Heller: They climbed on an overlooking hill and started throwing rocks at the Palestinians below. Some of them have their faces veiled for fear of cameras.
Unidentified speaker: Ohad, come here, come to me.
Heller: Rocks kept flying and the soldiers and Border Police officers — that is right — did nothing. So many committees have addressed the discrimination exercised in law enforcement in the territories. Nothing helped. The soldiers did not stop the settlers from throwing rocks and none of them was arrested when the violent events ended.
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