PA policemen disperse protesting women and children in Gaza

[drdon326]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1068446568693&p=1006688055060


Palestinian Authority policemen in Gaza City on Monday used live ammunition and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of women and children protesting against the PA's decision to freeze bank accounts of Islamic charities.

The demonstrators gathered outside the offices of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza City to protest against the decision, which has led to delays in welfare payments to tens of thousands of needy families.

The cabinet of former PA prime minister Mahmoud Abbas decided in August to freeze 39 bank accounts of 12 Islamic charities accused of being affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The move followed American and Israeli pressure on Abbas to crack down on groups accused of funding Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists.

The protesters – carrying placards that read, "We want justice, we want food" and "Where is the money of the orphans?" – threw stones and empty bottles at the PLC compound, the PA Monetary Fund, and Abbas's former offices in Gaza City.
PA policemen fired into the air and lobbed stun grenades at the demonstrators, but no casualties were reported.

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too funny...live ammo ??

i feel the outrage coming.

[bluesoul]

1. I condemn that

But they'r not alone at using live ammo. IDF does it regularly against Palestinian kids throwing stones...

[Aidoneus]

2. isn't this what you want them to do, Don?

They're doing the dirty for Israel, but it's still not good enough?

[Violet_Crumble]

3. Can't the PA get anything right??

Now, if it had been the IDF, there'd be none of this wussy firing in the air and there would have at the very least been a few wounded civilians out of it. Don't these policemen know the time-honoured school of thought that behind every gathering of protesting Palestinians there's hiding a bunch of terrorists?? And that to get at those terrorists, it's okay to shoot at the civilians they're hiding behind??

Sheez, what a bunch of amateur cock-ups!

I have this aversion to live ammo being used on civilians, even when it's being fired in the air. What I'd like to know is whether don would have any problems with this incident, seeing as how he doesn't seem to have any problems when it's the IDF firing live ammunition AT Palestinian civilians...

Violet...

[bluesoul]

4. Pure

double standards and hypocrisy from our friends on the PI team