Israeli mounted police charged Jewish protesters at the West Bank outpost of Amona on February 1.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Israeli mounted police Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be largely picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control. charged Jewish protesters at the West Bank outpost of Amona on February 1. As part of a tougher approach by Israel,'s Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, police were ordered to tear down to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. - Shak. See also: Tear nine houses Jewish settlers had built without government permission. More than 200 people were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , as settlers threw stones and paint-filled light bulbs at the police and their horses. |
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