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Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=18700
Forms of Palestinian Public Protest
(Jerusalem Times/IMRA) - Abdul-Hadi Muslim and Muhammad Ahmed Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets around the world to criticize the ways of the government, and the police do not interfere, but stand aside, watch, and direct traffic, because the rallies are licensed and the people do not burn tires or smash store windows. The opposite happens in Palestine, where freedom of expression usually takes a different direction; destruction of public property, attacks on police stations, and burning of tires. Ibrahim Abu Al-Naja, a top representative in the Legislative Council, wondered what message could be sent from a burning tire that clogs roads and harms the environment. Mousa Abdul-Nabi, commander of Intervention and Order-Keeping Forces in the Police Corps, stressed the danger of attacking police stations. He considered firing at police stations a criminal act.