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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Israeli police fine European delegation's Hebron city guides following settler attack

Ma'an
...The guides, Khaled Dudin and Muhammad Rabay’a, were accompanying the city mayor and a dozen European delegates when settlers occupying Palestinian homes in the city center began harassing the group. Hebron’s Mayor Dr Hussein Al-Araj said the settlers were attacking the group and the guides stepped in to intervene and began yelling at the settlers.

Israeli police arrived at the scene and the riled-up guides yelled at them to halt the rash settler behavior. Police arrested the men and brought them to the station where they were fined.

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