MK says she was sexually assaulted by policeman during West Bank orchard uprooting

15 February 2023, 2:18 pm

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Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech stands in front of a bulldozer on a plot of land near the settlement of Shiloh in the West Bank to stop the uprooting of trees by the Civil Administration of the Defense Ministry, February 15, 2023. (Office of Limor Son Har Melech)

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har Melech says she was sexually assaulted by a police officer as she took part in a protest earlier in the day.

Son Har Melech was one of two MKs who attempted to physically impede security forces from carrying out an order to uproot trees planted without authorization by a settler in the West Bank.

Son Har Melech says that she was physically stopped by four officers and one of them “one of them did something that is completely forbidden.”

Speaking with Hebrew media, the MK says she was “ashamed to say what happened in that human chain when I tried to get out.”

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There is no immediate comment from the police.

Dozens of activists flocked to the site this morning, including two MKs, to try and stop the removal of the trees from the plot of non-state land.

Some stood in front of bulldozers and tied themselves to trees. Numerous activists were reportedly arrested during violent confrontations with security personnel.