Protesters, Police Clash at Israeli Arab Village Set to Be Razed for Jewish Town [View all]
Source: Haaretz
Three cops and one civilian wounded and several arrests made as violence erupts at Umm al-Hiran, where bulldozers and earth removal equipment began digging near the homes of the unrecognized Bedouin village.
Three Israeli policemen and a civilian were injured in protests that erupted on Sunday as bulldozers moved onto the site of an unrecognized Arab village Israel plans to tear down to make way for an authorized Jewish community.
Six protesters, among them, two minors, were taken into police custody.
Protesters tried to disrupt the work of Israeli bulldozers and earth removal equipment which began digging a boundary close to the site of Umm al-Hiran homes destined for removal.
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, president of Rabbis for Human Rights, and Israeli Arab activist Salim Abu Alkayan were among those arrested. Abu Alkayan's son Ra'ad Abu Alkayan told Haaretz that "new heavy equipment" was brought to the site on Sunday morning to mark off territory around the village.
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