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Update: Israeli soldiers manhandle European diplomats seeking to aid demolished Palestinian village
"Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats on Friday and seized a truck full of tents and emergency aid they had been trying to deliver to Palestinians whose homes were demolished this week. A Reuters reporter saw soldiers throw sound grenades at a group of diplomats, aid workers and locals in the occupied West Bank , and yank a French diplomat out of the truck before driving away with its contents. They dragged me out of the truck and forced me to the ground with no regard for my diplomatic immunity, French diplomat Marion Castaing said. " This is how international law is being respected here, she said, covered with dust. The Israeli army and police declined to comment.
Locals said Khirbet Al-Makhul was home to about 120 people. The army demolished their ramshackle houses, stables and a kindergarten on Monday after Israel s high court ruled that they did not have proper building permits .
Its shocking and outrageous. We will report these actions to our governments, said one EU diplomat, who declined to be named because he did not have authorisation to talk to the media. (Our presence here) is a clear matter of international humanitarian law. By the Geneva Convention, an occupying power needs to see to the needs of people under occupation. These people arent being protected, he said."
French diplomat in standoff with Israeli soldiers in demolished Palestinian village
The diplomat mishandled is a French diplomat in the standoff at a Bedouin village in the Jordan Valley, and she is shown in the photo above, and believed to be Marion Castaing.
Khirbet Al-Makhul is the village where this occurred.
The Israeli army demolished houses and stables and a kindergarten in this Bedouin village on Monday. Despite losing their property, the inhabitants have refused to leave the land where their families have lived for generations., with their flocks of sheep.
More ethnic cleansing in Palestine!
Israeli Forces are trying to even prevent tents from being erected, I guess families are supposed to be homeless and sleep, with their children, uncovered and unprotected on the ground. They are deemed unworthy of villages to live in, structures to protect them from the elements, and schools for their children.
"Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats on Friday and seized a truck full of tents and emergency aid they had been trying to deliver to Palestinians whose homes were demolished this week. A Reuters reporter saw soldiers throw sound grenades at a group of diplomats, aid workers and locals in the occupied West Bank , and yank a French diplomat out of the truck before driving away with its contents. They dragged me out of the truck and forced me to the ground with no regard for my diplomatic immunity, French diplomat Marion Castaing said. " This is how international law is being respected here, she said, covered with dust. The Israeli army and police declined to comment.
Locals said Khirbet Al-Makhul was home to about 120 people. The army demolished their ramshackle houses, stables and a kindergarten on Monday after Israel s high court ruled that they did not have proper building permits .
Its shocking and outrageous. We will report these actions to our governments, said one EU diplomat, who declined to be named because he did not have authorisation to talk to the media. (Our presence here) is a clear matter of international humanitarian law. By the Geneva Convention, an occupying power needs to see to the needs of people under occupation. These people arent being protected, he said."
French diplomat in standoff with Israeli soldiers in demolished Palestinian village
The diplomat mishandled is a French diplomat in the standoff at a Bedouin village in the Jordan Valley, and she is shown in the photo above, and believed to be Marion Castaing.
Khirbet Al-Makhul is the village where this occurred.
The Israeli army demolished houses and stables and a kindergarten in this Bedouin village on Monday. Despite losing their property, the inhabitants have refused to leave the land where their families have lived for generations., with their flocks of sheep.
More ethnic cleansing in Palestine!
Israeli Forces are trying to even prevent tents from being erected, I guess families are supposed to be homeless and sleep, with their children, uncovered and unprotected on the ground. They are deemed unworthy of villages to live in, structures to protect them from the elements, and schools for their children.
