Affrontements à Beit El – juin 2010
Occupiers, Israeli forces clash over demolishing illegal settlement structure
ARAB NEWS
Jun 8, 2010
RAMALLAH: At least 23 Jewish occupiers and eight Israeli police officers were injured during riots in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit El as the security forces arrived to demolish illegal structures in the settlement.
Israeli media said that after the demolition of a cabin and the foundation of another structure the forces were attacked by 150 occupiers who tried to block their exit.
The report added that occupiers hurled blocks, light bulbs, paint grenades and stones at the forces and attempted to puncture the tires of military vehicles. The forces in turn began spraying the teenagers with tear gas. Four settlers were arrested for assaulting officers.
According to the report, the forces arrived at the settlement to enforce the Israeli government’s decision to freeze constriction in settlements for 10 months. Police sources described the incident as extremely violent and noted that the occupiers tried to release the detainees by force.
National Union Party KM Michael Ben Ari claimed that officers were the ones exercising violence during house razings.
« (Israeli Defense Minister Ehud) Barak sends soldiers with paintball guns to fight terrorists and arms special patrol forces with batons and gas to beat settlers, » Ben Ari said in reference to the May 31 clashes between Israeli forces and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters off the coast of Gaza that killed nine activists.
The issue of West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements is one of the thorniest points of contention that has stymied the resumption of direct peace talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel.
The PA and Israel have started US-presided proximity talks in May, facilitated by the US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who has been shuttling between the two sides since the talks kicked off in May.
Meanwhile, chief Palestinian negotiator Sa’eb Erekat said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will urge US President Barack Obama to take serious moves to end the Israeli occupation when they meet in Washington on Wednesday.
Erekat told the official Voice of Palestine radio that « having an independent state on the lands occupied in 1967 is the key to the solution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. »
He added that the Abbas will discuss with Obama the « disastrous attack by Israeli forces » on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Erekat said that after talks with Obama, the Palestinian president will fly to Spain and then to France for talks with leaders of the two European countries, adding that his trip will include Egypt and Jordan.
Cisjordanie: des blessés lors de heurts entre policiers et colons israéliens
AFP
08 juin 2010
JERUSALEM – Des heurts ont opposé mardi des policiers à des colons israéliens dans l’implantation de Beit El, près de Ramallah, en Cisjordanie occupée, à la suite de la destruction de deux cabanes érigées sans autorisation, selon un porte-parole de la police.
« Huit policiers ont été blessés légérement par des jets de pierres d’un groupe de 150 colons, qui tentait de crever les pneus de leurs véhicules », a déclaré à l’AFP Micky Rosenfeld, porte-parole de la police israélienne.
Il a ajouté que 10 colons avaient été arrêtés.
De leur côté, des colons de Beit-El affirment que 40 jeunes de l’implantation ont été blessés par les policiers, trois à coups de matraque et les autres par du gaz lacrymogène.
Ces heurts ont éclaté lorsque des membres de l’administration militaire sont venus, sous la protection de la police, détruire deux cabanes bâties malgré un gel de dix (BIEN dix) mois de la colonisation décrété par le Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu en novembre dernier.
8 officers wounded during Beit El riots
Ynews.com
Settlers hurl blocks, light bulb paint grenades and stones at police, Civil Administration forces who came to demolish two building foundations set up in violation of freeze orders
06.08.10
At least eight police officers sustained light to moderate injuries on Tuesday during settler riots following the arrival of Civil Administration and police forces in Beit El in order to demolish two building foundations set up in violation of the freeze order. The settlers claim 23 of them were hurt from tear gas and beatings with clubs.
Large police forces, Special Patrol Unit officers and Civil Administration personnel arrived in Beit El Tuesday morning.
After demolishing the building foundations the forces were attacked by 150 locals who tried to block their exit.
The rioters hurled blocks, light bulb paint grenades and stones at the forces and attempted to puncture their cars’ tires. Four settlers were arrested for assaulting officers.
MK Michael Ben Ari (National Union) claimed that officers were the ones exercising violence during house razings. « (Defense Minister Ehud) Barak sends soldiers with paintball guns to fight terrorists and arms special Patrol forces with batons and gas to beat settlers, » he said.
Police sources described the incident as extremely violent and noted that local residents tried to release the detainees by force.
Last month IDF and Civil Administration forces razed illegal concrete foundations of four buildings in the Bat Ayin community and confiscated two containers of building materials. No conflicts were noted.
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Beit El
בֵּית אֵל
Beit El is an Israeli settlement and a local council in the Benjamin region of the central West Bank, within the borders of the Matte Binyamin Regional Council. The religiously observant town is located in the hills north of Jerusalem east of the Palestinian city of al-Bireh.
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