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Dissent

Why won’t Western Politicians Condemn Israeli Crackdown on Palestinian Protesters, but do Complain about Ukraine?

Juan Cole 02/22/2014

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(Via AFP)

Hundreds demand reopening of key Hebron street (via AFP)

Palestinians held a protest Friday in the West Bank city of Hebron to demand its main street be reopened, 20 years after the Israeli military closed it on security grounds. An AFP correspondent said about 1,000 Palestinians joined by Israeli and international…

 

RT has raw video footage of Israeli troops attacking Palestinian protesters in Hebron / al-Khalil (a West Bank town outside Israel), explaining, “Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops on Friday as protesters rallied in Hebron to mark twenty years since the massacre of 29 Palestinians at a religious shrine. The 1994 massacre, carried out by Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein, led to the closure of a main road in Hebron. The protesters were demonstrating against the closure saying it is disruptive and helps cement Israeli control over the area. Israeli troops fired rubber bullets and threw stun grenades at protesters. A Palestinian medical official said at least two protesters were injured in the clashes. .”

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h/t for title to Rania Khalek:

US lack of interest in Israeli brutality against Palestinian protesters is weird given obsession w/ Ukraine/Venezuela http://t.co/lR6mPSjc5h

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) February 21, 2014

Filed Under: Dissent, Human Rights, Israel/ Palestine

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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