Monday, April 6, 2009

Israeli military patrols storm Tulkarem 'to buy a hookah'

Israeli soldiers stormed the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem in three vehicles on Sunday, firing gunshots and tear gas before they besieged a café and forced everybody inside to lie on the ground. Palestinian youth who were inside Za’im Café had assumed the mission was, as usual, aimed at detaining someone. However, they were surprised when the soldiers examined hookahs and one asked for the owner. Still lying on the floor, the owner, Thaer Al-Jaroun, answered. The soldier asked him how much he should pay for the hookah, then he took the hookah he selected and paid 230 Israeli shekels as the owner of the café requested. After the soldiers left, youth pelted them with stones and confrontations erupted
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=36894

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