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| Police on alert as rightist rally to outlaw Islamic group; Israel | |
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Police on alert as rightist rally to outlaw Islamic group TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- Israel's National Police will be on high alert in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Fahm in Israel on Wednesday morning, in preparation for an Israeli right-wing march. The march will be held to call for the outlawing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, a day after hundreds of Land of Israel Movement activists and supporters of the radical movement Kach held a memorial service mark 20 years since Rabbi Meir Kahane's assassination, Israeli media reported. Far-right activist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who will be leading the march with Baruch Marzel, told the Israeli daily Haaretz that: "I don't understand why, when Peace Now comes to demonstrate at my house in Hebron, it's for the glory of freedom of expression, but when we want to fulfill our legitimate right, suddenly it's a provocation." "We will teach the left what democracy is and we will demand: Outlaw the Islamic Movement," Ben-Gvir added. The movement has a large number of followers in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. In July, the movement's leader Sheikh Raed Salah was convicted of assault for spitting on a border guard in 2007, a charge he denies. The marchers will be waving Israeli flags and marching near Islamic Movement offices in Umm Al-Fahm to protest the participation of a prominent leader of the movement in last May's Gaza-bound flotilla. According to the daily, police have capped the number of participants to 70 and will be "prepared for any incident, at the right time and place," an official said. Palestinian leaders in the village decided not to declare a general strike as they did last year and called on residents to continue with their daily routine. Umm Al-Fahm Deputy Mayor Mustafa Ghalin said the plan was for city representatives and political activists, but not regular citizens, to face the marchers, the daily reported. The marchers will not be allowed into the city's downtown area, where clashes with residents would be more likely to take place. A similar march last year led to scuffles that left 15 police officers and 12 civilians wounded. "Images of conflict help them raise funds and we don't want to play into their hands, so the decision was to continue with the regular routine for most of the residents, while the municipality's representatives and employees, along with key political activists, will get across the clear message that Umm al-Fahm will never be open to those extreme right-wingers," Ghalin told Haaretz. Police have been meeting with city officials and political activists over the past few weeks in what they say is an effort to maintain calm. link http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327953 |
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