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Over the weekend, they "acted violently." So did some protesters in response.
It's not clear if activists or police provocateurs were responsible. It wouldn't be the first or last time state-sponsored thuggery blamed victims unjustly.
People demonstrated against excessive force, arrests and injuries. They're entitled to confront them forthrightly. Free societies don't commit them. Democratic rights are inviolable.
Police "must immediately change (their) outlook and behavior toward legitimate acts of protest. And the protest leaders must call on their followers to eschew violence, despite the unacceptable" official conduct.
Haaretz contributor Gideon Levy said "Israelis must put a stop to the political police," saying:
State-sponsored violence reflects disturbing police state practices. "Something very bad" is happening. Once loved police are now hated. Once temperate, they're now violent.
They've also become political. Confronting protesters violently and making outrageous demands is intolerable.
Police are bullies. They're "go(ing) after one little tent on Rothschild" Blvd instead of recognizing the right of free expression and peaceful assembly.
They attacked people "full force." At some demonstrations, more cops showed up than protesters. "Why on earth do they need a helicopter and hundreds of officers on the roofs for a few hundred citizens, marching in formation?"
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