http://youtu.be/7RP0_66GTuI
I was just reading a story bemoaning how the West Bank never protests. Apparently something has changed, because a massive demonstration last night took place:
Violence broke out Thursday night near the Kalandia checkpoint, located in the West Bank between Jerusalem and Ramallah, as residents of the West Bank village clashed with police in protests against the IDF’s operation in the Gaza Strip.
Some 10,000 Palestinians protested near the checkpoint, throwing rocks, firebombs and fireworks at Israeli security forces, and setting tires ablaze. The IDF forces and Border Police were using crowd dispersal means on the masses.
Hospital officials in Ramallah earlier said three protesters had been killed, but revised that to one killed and three others in critical condition and on life support. Some 200 protesters were injured, a hospital doctor said. Thirteen Israeli police officers were lightly injured.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Office did not immediately confirm the Palestinian casualties. The military was checking reports of live fire targeting Israeli forces at the checkpoint.
The protest erupted after allies of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement marched from the West Bank city of Ramallah to the edges of Jerusalem in protest against Israel’s 17-day-old campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza.
You know what Israel calls the periodic attacks on Gaza? “Mowing the lawn.”
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) stayed in power one day too long. The PLO has switched to the Hamas side. The people have been radicalized thanks to the antics of the Zionists. The Palestinian street both in the occupied West Bank and in the prison called Gaza now support the goals of Hamas. 1) Lift the Zionist blockade of the land, sea and air. 2) Release the 500 Hamas hostages taken by the Zionists in the West Bank in the run up to their massacre of the Gazan people. 3) Remove all Israeli military forces and equipment from Gaza. 4) Negotiate a two-state solution that includes both Hamas and PLO representation and participation in those talks. Abbas failed to accomplish any of that so he’s history.