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Haaretz (without links)
'Ben-Gvir Is Back, You're Done': Israeli Cops Wound Anti-war Protesters in Jerusalem
Several demonstrators said they needed medical attention after being beaten by officers at a protest against the Gaza war. While police claim the protesters disrupted traffic and blocked roads, there is no evidence to support these allegations.
Police clashed with dozens of left-wing activists on Tuesday evening at a protest in Jerusalem against the renewal of the war in Gaza. Protesters told Haaretz that Border Police officers, some of whom were masked, beat them, broke the arm of one female protester and smashed a protester's phone.
Around 100 activists from the Free Jerusalem organization participated in the protest. They gathered in the city center, sat at the entrance to the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall without blocking the road, and called for an end to the fighting in Gaza. While the police claim that the protesters disrupted traffic and blocked roads, there is no evidence to support this.
One of the protesters, Tomer Lev, told Haaretz that the officers "Were punching people in the face, struck drums [used by the protesters] against poles, slammed one protester onto a lottery stand and began pushing people around."
Lev added that when he asked one of the officers to identify himself, as he had no name tag and his face was covered, the officer refused. "They were completely unrestrained," Lev said. "The officer told me, 'You want me to identify myself? I don't give a fucking damn about you. Ben-Gvir is back, you're all done.'"
Another protester, Maayan, said that the police turned violent even before the protest started. "There was no declaration of an illegal gathering or an attempt to disperse, it was just hitting for the sake of hitting," she added. "They threw punches everywhere, pushing people to the ground and grabbing our megaphones and drums."
One of the protesters, Tomer Lev, told Haaretz that the officers "Were punching people in the face, struck drums [used by the protesters] against poles, slammed one protester onto a lottery stand and began pushing people around."
Lev added that when he asked one of the officers to identify himself, as he had no name tag and his face was covered, the officer refused. "They were completely unrestrained," Lev said. "The officer told me, 'You want me to identify myself? I don't give a fucking damn about you. Ben-Gvir is back, you're all done.'"
Another protester, Maayan, said that the police turned violent even before the protest started. "There was no declaration of an illegal gathering or an attempt to disperse, it was just hitting for the sake of hitting," she added. "They threw punches everywhere, pushing people to the ground and grabbing our megaphones and drums."
"One of the protesters was lying on the ground, and they kept hitting him with punches," she said. "I told an officer, 'Please stop, you're going to kill him,' and he kept on going. I tried to protect him with my hand, and the officer kicked me."
"They pulled me by the hair. One of the officers put his hand under my shirt and ripped my bra," she recounted. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed a fracture in her arm.
The protester whom Deutsch tried to protect is likely Oren Peled. He told Haaretz that he approached one of the officers, who seemed to be breaking a drumstick, and asked him to identify himself.
"He started pushing me, then hit me with a really strong punch to the face. I fell to the ground, and they continued to beat me," he said. "I turned to the officers even after the protest ended, but no one was willing to give me his details."
Israeli news outlet Ynet journalist, Liran Tamari, later reported an officer kicking a protester in the groin. In another incident, an officer punched a female protester in the nose, causing severe wounds. In yet another case, the relative of a hostage who was murdered in the Gaza Strip was knocked to the ground.
Every sign, megaphone, or drum was a target for destruction. Even phones, glasses and body parts," says protester Eyal Raz. "In an ongoing and brutal violence fueled by shouts of 'go home,' the police clarified that, from their perspective, there's no place in the public space for anyone who opposes Israeli brutality in Gaza," he added.
"[In Gaza], Israel violates life-saving agreements with deadly bombings, and in Jerusalem, the police are taking apart with blows anyone who fulfills their [civic] duty and opposes this."
The police in a statement said that "dozens of protest participants began disrupting public order in the center of Jerusalem on Tuesday night by blocking the road and attempting to hold an unauthorized procession."
According to the statement, the protesters "did not comply with the officers' demands and physically confronted them. After the participants were informed that the demonstration was illegal due to their actions, and a dispersal order was given, the officers acted within their authority to move them from the road to the sidewalk."
"If there are any complaints about the conduct of the officers, they should be examined by the appropriate authorities," it added.
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