From A year later, charges filed against 8 Ofra evacuation protesters
The Israel Police announces that it has filed indictments against eight men accused of disrupting police efforts to carry out the March 2017 demolition of nine homes in the Ofra settlement that were built on private Palestinian land.
But while at least 21 officers suffered various injuries that required hospital treatment, none of the charges against the demonstrators are for assault.
Instead, each of the men was indicted for preventing officers from carrying out their duties, while a number of them were indicted for carrying knives and brass knuckles with intent, the statement from the Israel Police’s West Bank District says.
— Jacob Magid
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