Archive for the ‘pepper spray’ tag
Closed Society: May 3, 2012
A gay man who was looking for a sexual partner for the night in the area of Tel-Aviv’s central bus station was assaulted by three men who cursed him, pepper sprayed his face, and ran off.
(Hebrew - nrg)
Settlers and Settlements: April 29, 2012
Settlers of the Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem assaulted and pepper-sprayed a group of Arabs in the neighborhood.
(Hebrew)
Closed Society: April 29, 2012
Jews used pepper spray on a group of Arabs, as well as punching and kicking them, in the Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem (in East Jerusalem).
(Hebrew)
Settlers and Settlements: April 18, 2012
Settlers threw stones at a Palestinian standing in his balcony in the village of Kifl Haris, hitting him in the chest, pepper-sprayed another Palestinian, and punctured the tires of vehicles in the village.
(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)
Settlers and Settlements: April 18, 2012
Settlers pepper-sprayed and beat a Palestinian laborer in the settlement of Beitar Illit.
(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)
Closed Society: April 16, 2012
Settlers pepper-sprayed a Palestinian who was walking in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City at night.
(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)
Military and Security Forces: March 16, 2012
Border Police officers unleashed a dog at Ahmad Shattawi, a protester in the village of Kadum. The dog bit Shattawi’s arm for several minutes and lightly injured him. Another demonstrator, Murrad Shattawi, asked to speak to one of the officers so that he would assist in releasing the dog’s grip on Ahmad’s arm, but the officers pepper-sprayed and arrested him. The IDF spokesperson stated that the demonstrators rolled burning tires and hurled stones at the security forces, and the arrested Palestinian assaulted them. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Settlers and Settlements: March 14, 2012
Settlers from Hebron pepper-sprayed a Palestinian in town and subsequently smashed the windows of a Palestinian taxi parked near the Jewish neighborhood of Beit Hadassah.
(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)
Closed Society: December 28, 2011
Settlers pepper sprayed a Palestinian and a left wing activist in Hebron on Saturday. The Palestinian required medical evacuation.
(Hebrew)
Closed Society: December 5, 2011
Settlers pepper sprayed a Palestinian vehicle that stopped at a hitchhiker stop at the Bahad 3 intersection in Samaria.
(Hebrew)