PALESTINIAN PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT
Pro-Palestinian activists involved in the Global March on Jerusalem (GMJ) criticized Israel on Twitter Friday after violent protests along Israel¹s borders forced the deployment of tear gas and resulted in injuries‹but downplayed the fact that rocks and firebombs had been thrown by protesters to instigate the clashes.
Pictures and videos from the protest‹which aims to ³end the Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaisation policies affecting the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem²‹reveal that self-described ³peaceful² protestors have been throwing firebombs and rocks at Israeli border police.
Twitter user Captain Barak Raz, who identifies himself as a spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Force¹s division in the West Bank, posted a video of protesters throwing a firebomb at Israeli security forces.
³Firebombs on security forces peaceful protest???,² Raz tweeted when linking to the video. ³#Yeahright.²
Raz also posted a picture of what appears to be a Palestinian child casting a stone in a photographer¹s direction.