BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - Israeli guards beat five demonstrators, including one dressed as Father Christmas, during a protest on Friday against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank, organisers said.
About 50 Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists attended the rally in the village of Um Salomona, near Bethlehem, the Biblical birthplace of Jesus that is preparing to celebrate Christmas.
Israeli border guards armed with truncheons briefly detained one activist and beat another five during the rally, the organisers told AFP, adding that one was wearing a Santa Claus costume.
An Israeli army spokesman said there had been disorder at the protest and that several demonstrators who were briefly detained were subsequently released.
Israel says the massive barrier of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete walls built across the West Bank is needed to stop potential attackers from infiltrating the country and attacking Jewish settlements on Arab land.
The Palestinians say the project is aimed at grabbing their land and undermining the viability of their promised state.
In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling that parts of the 650-kilometre (410-mile) barrier criss-crossing the West Bank are illegal and should be torn down. Israel has vowed to complete the project.
2007-12-22 12:12:48 · 9 answers · asked by openyoureyespeople! 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Sorry i wish you could see the pic of father xmas being beaten up by the IDF but i cant attach it here....amusing for a second, then becomes sad the longer you look at it!
2007-12-22 12:28:58 · update #1
Isreal has been threatened by it's neighbours since 1947. How would you expect them to react? It,s unfotunate but I think there may never be a solution to the fundamental religious and idealogical differences that inevitably lead to confrontation in the middle east. Whether we like it or not, we have to look to the USA, currently the most poewrful nation on Earth, to help maintain the balance of power in this turbulent region.
Disaster looms.
2007-12-22 12:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Reminds me very much of how the British behaved in Africa, India and Northern Ireland. Always beating and shooting innocent, unarmed protestors.
2007-12-22 12:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by mini metro 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
"Israel said"...."Israel said"...."Israel said". Israel says what it WANTS to, thinking the world will continue buying into their load of horsesh!t.
Israel will and does say ANYTHING in order to "justify" their persecution of the Palestinians. One of my favorites is how their destruction of olive groves is rationalized by them "saying" that they're a "good place for terrorists to hide".
This American doesn't believe one goddamned thing that "Israel says".
2007-12-23 06:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hardly think santa would have time to try to join any demostation or army ,who would feed the reindeer or lead the elves in christmas carols,someone should have started a snow ball or whatever fight.
2007-12-22 12:20:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Beating Santa up.Pretty much sums them up.
Happy Holidays(HA HA) Openyoureyes and Gypsy. xxx
2007-12-23 11:19:21 · answer #5 · answered by Misty Blue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not surprised the Palestinians expropriated Father Christmas for their cause. People who would use Mickey Mouse/Farfur to glorify suicidal terrorist attacks, wouldn't have any trouble using Father Christmas as a tool.
2007-12-22 16:27:49 · answer #6 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Kamran, think this is you!
2007-12-22 12:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
too many words!
2007-12-22 12:14:51 · answer #8 · answered by paudashlake 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I FOR ONE BOYCOTT ALL JEW CRAP.
2007-12-22 12:18:16 · answer #9 · answered by CERBERUS 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋