Israeli troops blocked hundreds of left-wing Israelis from staging a rally in support of the West Bank town of Hawara, which was set on fire by radical Jews Sunday.
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According to Sally Abed from the group Standing Together, soldiers threw at least two demonstrators to the ground as they tried to arrest them, kicking and handcuffing them. Both were eventually released, she added.Hundreds of settlers, some armed with knives and guns, rampaged through Hawara on Sunday and torched dozens of homes and businesses after two Israeli brothers were shot and killed nearby. One Palestinian was killed in the mob assault.
Palestinian motorists honked in support. The protesters chanted,"No to occupation" and"End Jewish terror." Facing the mass of police and troops deployed to halt their peaceful protest, they shouted,"Where were you when Hawara happened?" — referring to the intense rampage that went largely unchecked and unpunished.
has said that the ferocity and scope of the settler mobs earlier this week caught them by surprise. The Defense Ministry has sent two suspected ringleaders of the violence to administrative detention.
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