Children thrown out in the freezing cold in Mitzpeh Avichai. The Israeli police arrested this morning a Yitzhar resident for investigation on suspicion of child neglect after taking two of his children to visit the Ramat Migronoutpost in Binyamin before the destruction. Three weeks ago, he brought his children there to visit the place and give support to the residents. At six o'clock this morning black-clad Yassam (Special Forces) police banged on the door of the family home and arrested the father of the children, who was taken to the Ariel Police Station for investigation. An attorney from Honenu, an Israeli legal aid organization, is working to secure the release of the father. The spokesman of Yitzhar, Avraham Binyamin, strongly criticized the conduct of the police and mentioned that only last week Yassam police threw babies and children out of their homes in Mitzpeh Avichai into the freezing cold. See video. "Again the police are conducting themselves like cruel thugs under the pretense of upholding the law", said Binyamin. Last week, five nationalists, after texting their friends and neighbors to come protest demolitions of Jewish homes, were charged with conspiracy to commit a riot among other charges. These five will be under house arrest with no telephone, internet or communication access until the end of trial which could as much as a year from now. Demonstators injured at Amona Six years ago, one of the most horrendous acts carried out by the Israel Police was the beating of protestors at Amona. Over a thousand Israeli nationalists gathered to demonstrate against the demolition of nine Jewish homes. The police did not arrest, but clubbed the protestors mercilessly. Over 300, mostly youth, male and female, received blows to their heads. Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister at the time, refused to investigate. Even left wing Betzelem had to admit the cruel brutality. This upsetting video shows actual footage of the brutal beatings. Honenu sends breaking news alerts on a daily basis. If you would like to be on that list send a message to alerts@honenu.org Protect basic civil rights in Israel. New Police Tactic: Yitzhar Resident Arrested for Child Neglect
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
Last year many Jewish citizens were outraged at the selective enforcement of demolition orders against Jews and Arabs, which was a 2:1 ratio in favor of the
Arabs: Jewish homes were twice as likely to be destroyed as Arab homes. Today one mainly hears about Jewish homes being demolished.
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