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May 16, 2011

Israeli Forces Seriously Injure American Student Filming Nonviolent Protest 
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A 25-year-old American student named Christopher Whitman was seriously
injured in the West Bank on Friday when he was shot by a high-velocity
tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces. At the time of the shooting,
Whitman was recording video of a weekly nonviolent protest against the
Israeli separation wall in the West Bank. Whitman's video camera kept
recording even after he was shot.



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