February 16, 2013
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Israeli soldiers fire teargas as Palestinian demonstrators throw stones during solidarity rally for Samer Issawi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0jDTmV1scA
Israeli soldiers have clashed with Palestinian protesters at a rally in support of a prisoner observing an hunger strike to protest his incarceration.
The Israeli military said about 200 Palestinians threw rocks at soldiers who responded with tear gas during Friday’s rally outside Ofer prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The protesters called for the release of Samer Issawi, who Israel says has been on an on-again, off-again hunger strike for several months.