10.15.2005
Undercover troops provoked stone-throwing
An article from Haaretz...
Prison Service troops disguised as Arabs incited Palestinian youths to throwing
stones at Israel Defense Forces troops during a weekly demonstration against the
separation fence in the West Bank village of Bil'in, village residents said on
Friday. The residents said that the disguised troops told the youths to throw
the stones and then joined them in doing so. When they were asked their
identity, they presented themselves as Arabs from Lod, a city in central Israel,
who arrived with the Israeli and foreign demonstrators.When the troops, members
of the Prison Service special unit Masada, did not heed a request to show
identification and were found to be in the possession of firearms, their
identities were reportedly exposed. IDF soldiers came to the scene and dispersed
them.
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A few months ago, the same unit was accused of
similar activities in a Bil'in demonstration, after which a military court judge
ruled that the unit lacks the authority to operate in the Palestinian
territories. It is unclear whether the unit received special permission to
operate in this case.
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10/15/2005
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