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Israel’s attorney general decided on Sunday to indict Mohammed Barakeh, a senior member of the Palestinian delegation in the Knesset, for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a demonstration against the West Bank separation wall.
Barakeh, the chairman of the Israeli Arab party Hadash is accused of striking an Israeli Prison Service officer during a protest in the village of Bil’in in 2005...
The officer was taking a detained demonstrator to a police car at the time of the alleged assault, the newspaper said.
Israeli peace movement leader Uri Avnery described the incident in a May 2005 article, saying that soldiers fired tear gas before beating demonstrators. “MK Barakeh had a heated exchange with an officer, and while they were arguing passionately, a soldier fired a gas grenade at point blank range between Barakeh’s legs.” Full story
