Battalion commander calls for dismissal of officer who attacked Israeli activists - Haaretz

Last update - 03:16 11/05/2007

Battalion commander calls for dismissal of officer who attacked Israeli activists

By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent

The commander of the Israel Defense Forces Judea battalion, Colonel Yehuda Fuchs, recommended Thursday the dismissal of the IDF reservist officer filmed the day before striking left-wing Israeli activists at a West Bank demonstration.

The officer, who holds the rank of captain, was caught on film with forcibly strangling a member of the "Anarchists against the Fence," kicking another member of the group and hitting him with his rifle butt.

The protesters had dismantled a temporary roadblock in the Hebron Hills, close to the town of Dahariyah, provoking the troops' response.

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Around 10 anarchist activists and several Palestinians arrived at the site and removed cement blocks that were blocking an unpaved footpath connecting the town to Route 60, the main road in the West Bank that runs from south of the Hebron Hills to Hebron itself.

The activists then moved to the main road near the Otniel settlement and attempted to block it to traffic. The reservist soldiers who arrived the scene tried to remove the protesters, and which point the clashes erupted.

Speaking after consultations with IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi later Wednesday, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said that the images apparently showed excessive and serious behavior on the part of the soldiers, and the incident would be investigated and dealt with accordingly.

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1.	Dismissal for hitting an Israeli,promotion for killingPalestinias	23:16	\|	Sami	10/05/07

2.	Law is blind? Cops filmed doing same to right wing protestors	23:22	\|	Nili	10/05/07

3.	Congratulations !!	23:25	\|	Swiss (Dino)	10/05/07

4.	An aside:that front page photo of Olmert at the Democracy Institu	23:27	\|	Clickfool	10/05/07

5.	Disgraceful captain	23:45	\|	Esther	10/05/07

6.	Soldier attacks anarchist	23:47	\|	Josef L Klein	10/05/07

7.	Give him a medal, dismiss Peretz	23:49	\|	AlexK	10/05/07

8.	violence?	23:49	\|	Max Enkin	10/05/07

9.	No to dismissal	00:01	\|	Brod	11/05/07

10.	Dismiss Yehuda Fuchs instead	00:02	\|	rich	11/05/07

11.	So not just in the US	00:11	\|	W	11/05/07

12.	Leftists and the fence	00:16	\|	Horacio	11/05/07

13.	Give The Guy A Raise``	00:17	\|	J	11/05/07

14.	dismissal of officer	00:37	\|	yaakov	11/05/07

15.	proud Golani soldier	00:37	\|	Sunny	11/05/07

16.	Just what I said yesterday...	00:38	\|	Dutch Dirk	11/05/07

17.	Sick, and getting sicker	00:47	\|	henry	11/05/07

18.	israeli activists	00:54	\|	colin	11/05/07

19.	Eyebrows risen	00:56	\|	JJ	11/05/07

20.	Poor captain !	01:14	\|	Pete	11/05/07

21.	Democratic state my ******	01:16	\|	steve	11/05/07

22.	A wise decision by the Defense Colonel.	01:33	\|	Maureen Ann	11/05/07

23.	Wow when Right Wingers are Beaten Nothing Happens	01:47	\|	Sam Weinstein	11/05/07

24.	Dissmissal?????????	01:48	\|	Yigal Avidar	11/05/07

25.	Fire the colonel and promote the cap`tain ,	02:08	\|	Joseph E .	11/05/07

26.	The violent acts of the israel police	02:14	\|	just a human being	11/05/07

27.	An American officer who so behaved in WARTIME would be decorated!	02:52	\|	Dr. L. Brnd	11/05/07

28.	Oust the Commander and replace him by Officer	02:57	\|	Sal	11/05/07

29.	Ambush Of Another Kind	03:06	\|	J of Hollywood	11/05/07

30.	Oh the hypocrisy	03:07	\|	Alex	11/05/07

31.	It is simple:	03:12	\|	Z	11/05/07

32.	#22 Maureen Ann	03:28	\|	* BEN JABO	11/05/07

33.	answer to 1	03:31	\|	Nati	11/05/07

34.	Shame on all of you supporting this Captain	03:55	\|	Israeli soldier	11/05/07

35.	17 Henry Perhaps someone can remind me how you all justified	04:04	\|	Apartheid	11/05/07

36.	Send flowers	04:51	\|	Nemesis	11/05/07

37.	The demonstrators should be put on trial	05:28	\|	Michel Norman	11/05/07

38.	#34 Israeli Soldier	05:36	\|	Sam Weinstein	11/05/07

39.	#38 Sam....GOVERNMENT controls IDF	07:18	\|	Josh	11/05/07

40.	Dutch Dirk .No you did NOT say that his senior officer would ask	08:54	\|	PETER SM	11/05/07

41.	#34 Israeli soldier -- that`s what they teach you?? Oy Vey!	09:19	\|	Dr. L. Brnd	11/05/07

42.	"Israeli Soldier",one doesn`t win wars by "purity of arms"	10:15	\|	Absolute Sweden	11/05/07

43.	Not right	13:04	\|	Albert Namitjira	11/05/07

44.	Y.Azoulay lies	17:07	\|	Igor	11/05/07

45.	Just wondering	18:08	\|	* BEN JABO	11/05/07

46.	#45..*Ben Jabo	19:21	\|	Nemesis	11/05/07

47.	ISRAELI SOLDIER #34	04:17	\|	Horacio	12/05/07