The picture on the bottom right of the article from AP: "An Israeli soldier kicks a peace activist at an Israeli checkpoint "...That peace activist is me flying to the ground with the sign "Freedom For Both Peoples" in my hand. My chest was where his feet are in the picture, so you can see how much power he put into the kick. I flew several feet more before I hit the guy behind me and then we both hit the ground (the person behind me got pretty cut up from the rocks when I smashed him into the ground).
I talked to someone today (in Tel-Aviv) who has been in the West Bank for several weeks near with ISM (the International Solidarity Movement), and the Ta'ayush demonstration was the first demo he had been to where Israelis were also present (well besides the soldiers and settlers he saw while in the West Bank)...he said he was so surprised to see the extent of violence the soldiers and police used against Israelis. Before that, he thought they only act that way against the Palestinians. He said it woke him up a bit to the barriers the Israeli left face here.
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