| Submit your comments on this article |
| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Israel detains 14 in West Bank land protest |
| 2010-04-11 |
| BEIT OMAR, West Bank - Israeli forces clashed with several dozen Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, arresting 14 people, the army and witnesses said. The protesters were joined by Israeli peace activists and foreigners at the rally near Beit Omar village, charging that Jews from nearby Bat Ayin settlement were farming on Palestinian-owned land. The demonstrators threw rocks and set fire to crops, the army and witnesses said. ‘Security forces used riot dispersal means to disperse the protesters. The army declared the area a ‘closed military zone' and arrested 14 people,' an army spokeswoman said. No casualties were reported in the incident in Beit Omar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron which has been a frequent flashpoint in recent weeks between Palestinians and Israeli forces. |
| Posted by:Steve White |