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Monday, July 13, 2009

Palestinian human rights lawyer faces jail for alleged assault of soldier

Ma'an
On 15 April 2008 Al-Atrash attended a peaceful demonstration in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour, outside Bethlehem, at an abandoned Israeli military base called Oush Ghrab.

The base is currently claimed by Israeli settlers as the location of a future illegal settler outpost, and the demonstration was an attempt to oppose the settlers' attempted takeover.

Ma’an’s reporters observed Israeli soldiers attacking the Palestinian demonstrators, including Al-Atrash. A soldier attempted to take a Palestinian flag from the lawyer’s hands. When he refused, he was accused of attacking the soldier. He was arrested and then released later that day.

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