The following video shows an 8-year-old Palestinian girl crying as her bike is confiscated by an armed Israeli border police officer in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The footage was secretly filmed on July 25th by a volunteer for Israeli human rights group B’tselem. It shows Anwar Burqan playing on her bike as she is approached by two officers. She was riding it down the paved road, which is reserved for settlers. RT reports: The first armed officer is seen running up to the girl on Al-Ibrahimi Street, which leads to the Tomb of the Patriarchs and the Ibrahimi Mosque – both are holy sites for Jews and Muslims. He holds down her bike with his foot as he shouts for her to go home in time for his colleague to arrive with a large assault rifle in his hand, B’tselem reports. The little girl then runs away screaming and crying. Moments later, the pair are seen throwing the bike into a bush before walking away. The first officer was suspended from duty on Tuesday following the release of the video, according to the Times of Israel. Head of the Border Police, Yaakov Shabtai said the officer in [...]
