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In reply to the discussion: Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent [View all]Ian Iam
(386 posts)RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israel is breaking its own rules of engagement by using deadly force to disperse unarmed Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli rights group B'Tselem reported on Monday.
Israeli forces have killed 56 people since 2005 in clashes with rock-throwing Palestinians, said B'Tselem, which accused the military of having "extensively and systematically violated" rules barring deadly retaliation for non-lethal assault.
"The Israeli military's standing orders explicitly state that live ammunition may not be fired at stone-throwers," it said.
In the past two weeks, Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians in unrest that Israeli officials said may foreshadow a third Palestinian uprising. Peace talks have been frozen since 2010 and Palestinian anger is running high against expanding Jewish settlement in the West Bank, captured along with East Jerusalem, Gaza and the Golan Heights in a 1967 war.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/28/16733185-rights-group-israel-using-deadly-force-against-unarmed-protesters?lite
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