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December 24, 2009

West Bank Activist Arrested for Displaying Israeli Tear Gas Canisters
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An Israeli military court has indicted a prominent Palestinian activist
who heads the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall. Abdallah Abu
Rahma was arrested two weeks ago. For years he has led nonviolent
protests against the construction of the Israeli separation wall in the
West Bank. Charges against Abu Rahma include arms possession. The
Israeli court accused him of collecting and showcasing used tear gas
canisters shot at demonstrators in Bil’in by the Israeli army. In
response to the charges, his attorney Gaby Lasky said, “the army shoots
at unarmed demonstrators, and when they try to show the world the
violence used against them by collecting, presenting the remnants, they
are persecuted and prosecuted. What’s next? Charging protesters money
for the bullets shot at them?” Abdallah Abu Rahma is one of several
nonviolent Palestinian activists arrested in recent weeks.



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