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Sassi Keshet sings to his nameless lover as he walks along a depopulated Palestinian village. (screenshot: YouTube)

WATCH: An IDF love song set in the ruins of a Palestinian village

One of the more difficult aspects of living in Israel over the last several years has been coming to terms with the layers of denial in which Jewish Israeli society wraps itself. The denial comes in many forms and covers some of the biggest issues facing the country: the occupation, discrimination against Palestinian citizens of…

By Edo Konrad October 19, 2013

The demonstration continued as the army covered the civilian areas of the village with tear gas and at times fired rubber bullets in multiple directions. On four occasions in the centre of the village, the army used a jeep-mounted device that fires multiple rounds of tear gas, approximately 30-40 rounds. As the sun began to set to the west, soldiers started more aggressive measures by invading civilian houses. From the houses, rubber bullets and tear gas were shot at demonstrators. The demonstrator who was directly hit in the head by a tear gas canister escaped with just a surface wound. However, had the projectile hit him three centimeters lower on his skull the results could have been instant death or paralysis. The reckless and negligent use of arms by the army is on full display in this example. Since the demonstrator was hit in the back of the head, it is clear that he posed no significant threat to the soldiers. Rather, the soldiers were breaking army rules of conduct and recklessly targeting protesters with, what are essentially, large bullets in the form of tear gas canisters. The latest injury in Nabi Saleh is in line with the army’s continued attack on the village. Over the past weeks, the army has increased its use of violent crowd control measures which have included the use of undercover special forces, rubber coated steel bullets, live bullets and high velocity tear gas canisters in an effort to crush the demonstration which will celebrate one year next week.

Demonstrator suffers head injury from tear gas projectile in Nabi Saleh

Army stops ambulance carrying injured demonstrators three times before letting it continue to a Ramallah hospital. Clashes between army and demonstrators continue into the night as the army used tear gas, rubber bullets, sound bombs and live ammunition while taking over civilian houses. Before the weekly demonstration against the confiscation of village land, the…

By Joseph Dana December 19, 2010