Clashes Erupt in Umm al-Fahm amid Right-Wing Protest

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Clashes Erupt in Umm al-Fahm amid Right-Wing Protest

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Clashes Erupt in Umm al-Fahm amid Right-Wing Protest

27/10/2010

Dozens of extreme rightists arrived in the Palestinian town of Umm al-Fahm on Wednesday morning in order to hold a protest march calling for the Islamic Movement to be outlawed in Israel.

Several Arab protesters hurled rocks at the rightists, and police forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at them in order to scatter the crowd.

Hundreds of police officers stationed at the scene have been on high alert since the morning. Several people have been arrested, though no serious injuries have been reported.

The march was organized by far-right activists Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir, and is meant to protest the participation of a prominent leader of the Islamic Movement in last May's Gaza-bound flotilla.

"I don't understand why, when Peace Now comes to demonstrate at my house in Hebron, it's for the glory of freedom of expression, but when we want to fulfill our legitimate right, suddenly it's a provocation," said Ben-Gvir on Tuesday. "We will teach the left what democracy is and we will demand: Outlaw the Islamic Movement."

On Tuesday, hundreds of people participated in a ceremony in occupied Jerusalem marking the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane, whose Kach party was banned from the Knesset for inciting racism.

Arab leaders decided this week not to declare a general strike. Instead, the leaders called on residents to go about their daily routines, urging students to attend school and store owners to open shop.

Umm al-Fahm Deputy Mayor Mustafa Ghalin said the plan was for city representatives and political activists, but not regular citizens, to face the marchers.

Source: Haaretz

Settlers' provocative march in Umm Al-Fahm triggers violent clashes

[ 27/10/2010 - 05:44 PM ]

UMM AL-FAHM, (PIC)--

Violent clashes broke out Wednesday morning between the Palestinian natives of Umm Al-Fahm city, inside the 1948 occupied lands, and Israeli policemen who protected dozens of extremist Jewish settlers holding a provocative protest against the Islamic Movement, which is headed by Sheikh Ra'ed Salah.

Israeli policemen fired stunt and tear gas grenades at the angry Palestinians who tried to confront the settlers, and physically attacked them which led to injuries and suffocation cases among the protesters including Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi.

The clashes erupted after more than 30 right-wing settlers traveled in buses from occupied Jerusalem to Umm al-Fahm this morning, led by far-right activists Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir, in order to hold a protest march calling for outlawing the Islamic Movement.

Eyewitness said that undercover agents who were throwing stones along with Umm Al-Fahm young men fired shots into the air to signal to the Israeli policemen to start their attack on the Palestinians. Those agents helped the policemen to arrest seven of the Palestinian protesters.

This provocative march was organized on the 20th anniversary of extrimist rabbi Meir Kahane, whose Kach party was banned from the Knesset for inciting racism.

Earlier before the arrival of the settler's busses, eyewitness reported that more than 1, 500 Israeli policemen were deployed in Umm Al-Fahm and its environs to protect them after an Israeli court allowed them to march in the city.