1.0 link 215477 <![CDATA[UPDATE (with video): Israeli Police and Military Brutalize Peaceful Protesters at Netanyahu's Speech]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-wright/israeli-police-and-milita_b_215477.html While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was making a major foreign policy speech at Bar-Ilan University Sunday, Israeli police outside the university attacked international protesters of Israel's invasion of Gaza, illegal settlements and the apartheid wall.

Heavy-handed police treatment of the unarmed, peaceful members of the CODEPINK delegation there began immediately after they unfurled several pink banners that read "Free Gaza" and "End the Occupation." CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin and New York activist Zool Zulkowitz were physically dragged across the street...

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