Israeli Military Looking Into Protester’s Death

Israeli Military Looking Into Protesters Death
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it was investigating the death of a Palestinian woman overcome by tear gas fired by soldiers at a West Bank protest.

In an unrelated incident Sunday, a Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank after trying to attack Israeli troops at a checkpoint, Palestinian and Israeli security officials said.

Contradictory accounts were given of the circumstances surrounding the death Saturday of the 36-year-old protester, Jawaher Abu Rahmeh, a day after she inhaled the gas at the weekly demonstration against Israel’s West Bank separation barrier in the village of Bilin.

Tear gas is meant to be a non-lethal crowd control method and is used routinely by Israeli troops at protests. But doctors say the gas can kill on rare occasions if a victim has a pre-existing condition.

Israeli Military Looking Into Protesters Death

Dr. Mohammed Eideh, who treated Abu Rahmeh in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, said she had asthma. Her parents said she did not.

Another doctor said she was initially released from hospital, later collapsed, was readmitted and then died. Eideh said she had not been released.

Michael Sfard, the Israeli lawyer representing the woman’s family, said troops used “incredible quantities of gas” at the protest, a weekly event that often deteriorates into violent clashes between protesters and soldiers.

Abu Rahmeh’s brother, Bassem Abu Rahmeh, was killed at a similar demonstration in 2009 after being hit by an Israeli tear gas canister, becoming the seventeenth Palestinian to die at barrier protests since 2004.

The military described Friday’s protest as a “violent and illegal riot” and released photographs it identified as being from the demonstration showing Palestinian youths using slingshots and a firebomb against troops. The military said it is investigating Abu Rahmeh’s death but has not been allowed to see the Palestinian medical reports.

Several hundred Israelis demonstrated against the military in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the woman’s death, the Haaretz daily said.

Israel began building the separation barrier last decade during a wave of suicide attacks carried out by Palestinians who crossed into Israel from the West Bank. But Palestinians call it a land grab because the barrier encloses sections of the West Bank on the “Israeli” side.

It is expected to stretch about 450 miles (720 kilometers), when finished, and it is about two-thirds completed, with construction stalled in many places because of legal battles.

The village of Bilin, where Israel expropriated land to build the barrier, has become a flashpoint for protests, attracting Palestinians and supporters from Israel and abroad.

In the incident at the West Bank checkpoint Sunday, a Palestinian worker in his twenties attacked soldiers with a glass bottle after he was denied permission to cross, Palestinian security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because no official statement had been released.

The Israeli military said the man approached troops with a broken bottle and ignored calls to stop before he was shot.

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Dalia Nammari and Mohammed Daraghmeh reported from Ramallah, West Bank.

Comments (40)

  • Yoel
    Posted on January 5, 2011 at 2:46am

    Bucaroo… Can I get “Son of hamas” on “The Blaze”? I’d like Glenn to benefit from any purchase I can…

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  • abdicate
    Posted on January 4, 2011 at 12:58am

    There will never be peace without the King of Peace – Jesus Christ.

    Report Post » abdicate  
  • abdicate
    Posted on January 4, 2011 at 12:54am

    There will NEVER be peace until the King of Peace returns PERIOD.

    Report Post » abdicate  
  • dontbotherme
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:54pm

    If you constantly, daily attack Israel, you must expect retaliation. They don’t ***** foot around. They are defending themselves & I think the world is beginning to see the sham of the “innocent Palestinians” just walking by & doing nothing to provoke ire.

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  • dlmarsh
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 11:41am

    For info on some of the truths read the book “Son of Hamas” by Mosab Hassan Yousef. His father founded Hamas and Mosab became a spy for Shin Bet, the Israeli Internal Security service and he left Islam and became Christian. Lot of internal workings stories about Arafat, PLO, Hamas, etc.

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    • Buckaroo
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:58pm

      “Son of Hamas” is an AWESOME book! It basically confirms that the palis are as screwed up as u think they are! Israel doesn’t get off 100% clean either of course, but Mosab literally puts his life on the line with this expose — HIGHLY recommended …

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  • ThoreauHD
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 10:27am

    They should be investigating why Israel doesn’t go on a scorched Earth offensive war when it is being attacked daily. How many years has this been going on? Since Israel was first formed?

    Report Post » ThoreauHD  
  • cranes
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:55am

    Go Israel, GO! I was reading the Bible last night and I love the end where you will occupy all of the Muslim territories. You will be taking it all back! God is great! Just keep it up, I am praying for you!

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  • emertz8413
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:40am

    I don’t know how you fix something like this. It’s in their souls and the only way to fix that is through God. The Palastinians have not shown themselves to be the kind of people to live and let live.

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  • love4911
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:44am

    I am of little faith that this conflict will ever be resolved in this life time. Yet we must try.

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  • Finch88
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:09am

    It was right how they acted.

    http://politicalbowl.com

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  • fedlibertarian
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:56pm

    This woman was pregnant, when her fam found out they ‘honor’ whacked her. IDF did not kill her. Where is the body?? Where is the investigation?? They won’t allow one. Her fam said she didn’t have asthma. Hellooooooooooo?????

    Dozens/hundreds of mooslims are killed every day by other mooslims, no one peeps. But oh oh, now its genocide when one quasi-terrorist has an allergic reaction. The hilarity is palpable.

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  • tmkphx1962
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:24pm

    Why bother with an investigation? The palastinians will never give Israel the medical records. It is he said she said and either way Israel will be condemned in the end for the poor, innocent woman dying.

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:37am

      People will probably moan about the tear gas and say how “torturous and inhumane it is”.

      But, then you get a wicked man like me who says “okay, we’ll just shoot them next time. Sure would go a lot further towards peace.”

      For all the moans and complaints about it, that wall has done more good to keep Israeli’s alive and prevent terrorist attacks then all the negotiations between Palestine and Israel combined.

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  • Centurion_
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:23pm

    I guess the moral of this story would be that you shouldn’t hang out with people who are throwing rocks and firebombs at the police.

    Report Post » Centurion_  
    • Buckaroo
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:26pm

      “Now I know.”

      “And knowing is half the battle!”
      :-)

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  • FoxholeAtheist
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:12pm

    Add your comments

    Report Post » FoxholeAtheist  
  • FoxholeAtheist
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:01pm

    LOLOLOLOL!!!! Yeah, sure they are. Ahahahahahahaha.

    Report Post » FoxholeAtheist  
  • oriondma05
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:42pm

    You play with fire, you’re gonna get burned..

    I’m sure Obummer and his goons will be all over this, condemning Israel left and right.

    Report Post » oriondma05  
  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:39pm

    Prayers for peace.

    Report Post » Its Gonna Getcha  
  • chips1
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:34pm

    Yup!!!!! She’s dead. End of investigation.

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  • RobertCA
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:34pm

    & it will never end .
    Peace on earth .

    Report Post » Robert-CA  
    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:42pm

      Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg declared, “We have to recognize that Jewish blood and
      the blood of a goy are not the same thing.” (NY Times, June 6, 1989, p.5).

      Rabbi Yaacov Perrin said, “One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish
      fingernail.” (NY Daily News, Feb. 28, 1994, p.6).

      tower7femacamp  
    • VanGrungy
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:43pm

      http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/01/the_occupied_territories_revis_1.html

      02, 2011
      The Occupied Territories Revisited: the Doctrine of Defensible Borders
      By Harry Kanigel

      …It is a staple of the formative experience of young Arabs that they are propagandized against Jews and to embrace martyrdom in the Saudi and Hamas funded madrassas on the West Bank and Gaza – and in ordinary public schools. Israel must be ever mindful of the tenth grade reading text that stirs the youthful spirit, to wit “Martyred jihad fighters are the most honored people, after the Prophet.”

      ===

      History!! Get your History right here!! Extra!! Extra!! Read all about it!!

      Report Post » VanGrungy  
    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:04pm

      I’ve spent lots of time in Israel. I love the Israelis, they will be our saving grace. Did you notice the statement “regular protest” ? It’s so funny to watch. I’d go and watch these goofballs get chased up and down the barriers and the streets throwing rocks and such, it’s like a regular picnic for these idiots. Really not alot of anger just something they do on a regular basis. Weird
      Barry is trying to ruin our relationship with these people.

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    • Buckaroo
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:07pm

      @ “tower7”

      how many al-jezeera boards did u have to peruse to find those ancient quotes? and just what is yer frakking point anyway?!

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    • N37BU6
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:23pm

      “how many al-jezeera boards did u have to peruse to find those ancient quotes?”

      In his defense, that sounds pretty ironic coming from someone on a Glenn Beck website.

      Age doesn’t diminish the legitimacy or relevance of a quote.

      N37BU6  
    • Buckaroo
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 10:36pm

      @ “n37”

      u a hamas supporter like him too?

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    • VanGrungy
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:36pm

      Tower,

      What about the Baha’i?

      btw… Moses wasn’t muslim… muslim invaders should be pushed back..

      If the Jews of Israel are sufficiently attacked that it looks like the end, I pray that they wipe mecca off the face of the earth thereby ending islam’s earthly pillar and shattering the perfection muslims claim for muhammad forever..

      Come on Tower… lets chat..

      Report Post » VanGrungy  
    • TheDHndrsn
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:03am

      Hmmm… seem to recall US Military & Economic Aid figures put Iraq and Afghanistan at three or four times more than Israel. But that was a few years back. I should take a new look at those figures, I guess.

      And does it count any that we give to the Palistinians in exchange for not attacking Israel? Yet they attack them anyhow.

      Report Post » TheDHndrsn  
    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:16am

      Van I tried but keep getting censored and my replies are being deleted

      Report Post » tower7femacamp  
    • wampanoag
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:46pm

      tower7femacamp. There are a few crazy persons in every nation. so what? there are arab crazies who believe that every infidel should die. does that reflect the wishes of all arabs?

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:01pm

      wampanoag, the crazy Arabs don’t own the Federal Reserve
      or have 5 people on the supreme court
      So I may agree the Muslims may want to cut your head off
      but I don’t think they will be a threat to me or my freedom

      tower7femacamp  
  • TruthTalker
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:34pm

    The Israel mility has every right to defend themselves.

     

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