Palestinian Karam Qawasmi, who was shot in the back by Israeli forces in an incident caught on video last year, gestures as he gives an interview in the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast War and has kept it under military occupation for over 50 years. While the Palestinian Authority has limited autonomy in parts of the territory, Israel wields overall security control. Qawasmi, 22, said that he was the man in the video, saying his troubles began early on the morning of May 25, 2018.
He said he was carrying a small bag with work clothes, but Qawasmi, who does not speak much Hebrew, says he thinks the forces suspected he was armed with a knife."I recognised some words, like 'knife,'" he said. "I thought they are going to kill me and leave a knife next to my body." He said a crowd of policemen beat him up, as one officer recorded it on a mobile phone.
Qawasmi said he eventually made it to a nearby Palestinian village where he changed his clothes and continued back to Hebron. "I went to the hospital for a checkup. There were bruises everywhere. The rubber bullet hit the end of the spine," he said. Israeli police said the woman was immediately removed from duty after the force became aware of the incident. They said other officers who were at the scene were reassigned.
Shot in the back, run over by a jeep and survived to tell his story. Ok
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