Palestinian Authority police employed brute force to break up a second day of protesting in Ramallah on Sunday, with activists and eyewitnesses claiming police assaulted both male and female protesters with batons and chains, the Jerusalem Post reported.
At least seven people were injured in the clashes, according to Ma’an News Agency – an independent media group based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Police also arrested seven protesters in Ramallah and two journalists, and attacked Reuters’ photographer Saed al-Hawari.
Members of the Palestinian security forces scuffle with demonstrators in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, during a protest against a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz that had been put off. (Mohamad Torckman – Reuters)
Demonstrations first erupted in Ramallah on Saturday over the announcement of a planned meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, the current chairman of Israel’s centrist Kadima Party.
The meet-up – which would be the first official face-to-face meeting between top-level Israeli and Palestinian officials since 2010 – has since been postponed, according to the Associated Press.
Check below to see images and reactions on the ground in Ramallah:
In Ramallah, protesters clash with PA police over Israeli VP visit
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Hey Twitter, Abbas is unleashing US trained security forces on non-violent Palestinian protesters in Ramallah. -
RT @rdooan: صورة لأحد أفراد العصابات الأمنية التابعة لمحمود #عباس وهو يعتدي بالضرب المبرح على إحدى حرائر #فلسطين وهي تبكي #Ramallahpic.twitter.com/SjZlp7C4 -
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So angry. Demo today in #Ramallahcontinuing to protest Mofaz meeting+PA police brutality. Police beat us up violently today #dismantlethePA -
RT @MaathMusleh: PHOTO: Kifah Qozmar showing his injuries that he sustained from Dayton’s “PA” forces today #Ramallahpic.twitter.com/Bg4Bnfsx -
How can the PA Police beat the protestors with a clear conscience? Do they not thrust for freedom? #Ramallah #dismantlethePA -
Where’s the media coverage on protests in#Ramallah? Oh wait, the #PA probably blocked it. #DismantleThePA #SHAME -
PHOTO:Palestinian authority thugs while getting ready to attack and beat the protesters in #Ramallah.#Palestinerevoltespic.twitter.com/LR0nUizh -
RT @emilie_baujard: PA police waiting for the protestors in Ramallah during demo against PA pic.twitter.com/S18xxpFG -
RT @ibnezra: “@almagdela: “These are our brothers…they won’t beat us” #Ramallahpic.twitter.com/PSIFjpLn” -
PHOTO | one of the injuries in Ramallah demonstration today who has been hit by the PA police forces . #Palestinepic.twitter.com/iu6TlMrr -
PHOTO | one of the injuries in Ramallah demonstration today who has been hit by the PA police forces . #Palestinepic.twitter.com/nWRWM42x -
RT @MaathMusleh: ALERT: If u were injured in today’s protest DONT go 2#Ramallah hospital, undercover forces are kidnapping protesters! 1 incident confirmed! -
RT @exiledsurfer: RT @MaathMusleh: PHOTO: from today in #Ramallah Dayton’s “PA” security forces brutally attacking protesters with stickspic.twitter.com/v7d7wLEx -
“If there is no democracy in Ramallah and Nablus, there will be none in Tel Aviv.”3 ore fa
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RT @AmaniSenwar: شرطة #رام_الله بتضرب البنات اليوم.. الله حيهم الرجال!!! #تسقط_سلطة_أوسلو #Ramallah#رام_الله_تنتفض pic.twitter.com/JOq4AWFo -
RT @Alyateeeema: مصور رويترز سائد هواري يعتدى عليه بطريقة وحشية اليوم من أحد رجال الأمن بالزي المدني في#Ramallah #تسقط_سلطة_دايتونpic.twitter.com/gfKDCbKf -
Day 2 of PA crackdown on protests in#Ramallah. I’m following @imPalestine@hafezomar @AbirKopty @huwaidaarraf and others for updates
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أخ اشي بفش الغل| “أنا أجندة خارجية، شو بالنسبة لدايتون؟”pic.twitter.com/uvLjwsNL #Ramallah#DismantleThePA -
MT @ZJeFo: How the PA reacted to todays protests in Ramallah against the visit of Israeli Vice PM Shaul Mofaz:pic.twitter.com/zZb4phmF -
PHOTO: from yesterday’s beating and arrest of Journalist Mohammed Jaradat #Ramallahpic.twitter.com/qCsHSEA0
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