Liberty Star
06-02-2010, 07:27 AM
with tear gas canister:
QUOTE:
American hit in anti-Israeli protest loses eye
(AP) – 14 hours ago
JERUSALEM — An American woman has lost her eye during a demonstration in Jerusalem against Israel's naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a hospital official said Tuesday.
Emily Henochowicz, 21, of Maryland, underwent surgery after suffering the injury, said hospital spokeswoman Yael Bossem-Levy.
Henochowicz was hit in the face by a tear gas canister shot by an Israeli border policeman, said witness Jonathan Pollak.
He said Palestinian youths were hurling rocks, but Henochowicz didn't participate in any violence and was standing at a distance.
Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, said, "We can confirm that a U.S. citizen, Emily Henochowicz, suffered a serious injury when a gas canister hit her in the face, as she was standing among other protesters in the West Bank at the Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel."
There was no immediate military comment.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkRx0N5aDIQc9V-dua0zuHm1JoqwD9G2P00O0
Some Americans are now getting a taste of brutality treatment that Palestinian civilians probably get on a daily basis.
Hopefully Obama adminstration has read this news and would cancel his meeting with Israeli PM and cut off all aid to these violent extremists.
QUOTE:
American hit in anti-Israeli protest loses eye
(AP) – 14 hours ago
JERUSALEM — An American woman has lost her eye during a demonstration in Jerusalem against Israel's naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a hospital official said Tuesday.
Emily Henochowicz, 21, of Maryland, underwent surgery after suffering the injury, said hospital spokeswoman Yael Bossem-Levy.
Henochowicz was hit in the face by a tear gas canister shot by an Israeli border policeman, said witness Jonathan Pollak.
He said Palestinian youths were hurling rocks, but Henochowicz didn't participate in any violence and was standing at a distance.
Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, said, "We can confirm that a U.S. citizen, Emily Henochowicz, suffered a serious injury when a gas canister hit her in the face, as she was standing among other protesters in the West Bank at the Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel."
There was no immediate military comment.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkRx0N5aDIQc9V-dua0zuHm1JoqwD9G2P00O0
Some Americans are now getting a taste of brutality treatment that Palestinian civilians probably get on a daily basis.
Hopefully Obama adminstration has read this news and would cancel his meeting with Israeli PM and cut off all aid to these violent extremists.