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Detained and Assaulted by Israeli Soldiers
Assault by Soldiers
Dear friends,
Bad news, I’m afraid. I have been assaulted again by Israeli soldiers and Border Police. No lasting damage though. It all started with a silly dispute over my passport. I came through the checkpoint from the market and the soldier asked to see my passport. I showed it to him but refused to let go of it. Soldiers have the right to see passports but not to take them away. I told him that. He said he would detain me. I told him to call the police. Only they have the right to take passports and detain internationals. I walked away. One of the soldiers ran after me and stopped me. He let go again so I carried on walking up the hill. He stopped me again and I told him I needed to be with the soldiers at the top of the hill. It was time for the children to come out of school and I needed to watch them safely past the settlement. He walked with me up the hill. At the top he said something to me in Hebrew and I told him wher I would sit down. He kicked me. I sat down. The other two soldiers came over and they insisted on handcuffing me with a plastic cable tie.
