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Israeli Guards Shoot Disabled Palestinian

VOA News

   Security guards shotaPalestinian manin the legs Mondayat the
   QalandiyacheckpointnearJerusalemafter the man failed to respond to the
   guards' orders to stop, according to an account in the Jerusalem Post.

   The Post said the man apparently had a "hearing and speech
   impairment."Border guards helped the man get medical attention.

   Michael Zats, an advocate forreforming the way security forces
   treatpeople with disabilities, told Army Radio,"Security forces don't
   always know how to internalize the person in front of them and don't
   identify the nuances."

   Zats said there area number ofcasesdemonstratingthatpublic
   spacescanbe"threatening for people with disabilities."

   The Joint List and Meretz said the shooting of thedisabled manis part
   of the pattern of "the daily violation of the rights of the
   Palestinians."

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