As the strains in the US/Israel relationship start to show it should be remembered that the US is still totally committed to 'Israel's security'. So it's no surprise that there have been no condemnations from the US over the injuring of dozens of Palestinian protesters yesterday in East Jerusalem. Israeli security forces have been targeting children as a way of pressuring the resistance movement. Also, Israel announced it has lifted its closure of the West Bank but the defacto closure created by countless roadblocks, checkpoints and settlements of course continues.
SILWAN, EAST JERUSALEM, Mar 16, 2010 (IPS) - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. Nearly 40 Palestinians were wounded and treated at nearby hospitals, as 25 were arrested during intense clashes...
..."The Israeli forces are threatening the families through the children," Shafaa continues. "In the cases when the police come in and arrest the children, they will only release them on an expensive bail, and every day, the community continues to fear what will happen to their kids."
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