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U.S. couple demands Israel take responsibility for severely wounding son
By The Associated Press
Tags: Naalin, Israel news, IDF 

The parents of an American man severely wounded by Israel Defense Forces
troops during a West Bank protest have asked Israeli police to launch an
investigation, their lawyer said Monday.
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Tristan Anderson, 38, from Oakland, Calif., was struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by members of Israel's Border Police in the Palestinian village of Naalin on March 13.

Anderson had joined a protest against Israel's separation barrier, which cuts off Naalin from 300 acres of olive groves. In the past year, four Palestinians were killed in Naalin by Israeli troops quelling weekly stone-throwing protests against the barrier, according to Israeli human rights group B'tselem.

The couple's lawyer, Michael Sfard, said he asked Israel's police to launch an investigation.

The Andersons, of Grass Valley, Calif., held back tears Monday as they
described their son's critical condition. "We don't know if he'll recover, and if he does, we don't know what abilities he will ever regain," his mother, Nancy, told reporters.

His father, Mike, said "Israel must take full responsibility for the shooting of our son."

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said Anderson's injury was an extremely regrettable result of rioting.

The incident is under investigation, the Israeli military has said, though it is not clear if police will investigate separately.

An IDF spokesperson has said there was heavy stone-throwing and troops fired tear gas during the demonstration, though protesters said the stone-throwing was sporadic. Anderson did not throw any stones and was struck after he had returned to the village, witnesses said.

Rights activists say Israeli troops often use excessive force in dispersing West Bank protests, and fire tear gas canisters directly at protesters - using them as a weapon, rather than a means to disperse crowds.

The IDF says stone-throwing poses a threat to troops, and several
officers have been injured by rocks.

The Israeli military also said troops used permitted means of riot dispersal, such as tear gas, rubber-coated steel pellets and stun grenades.

About 450 people have been injured, 12 of them seriously, in a year of Naalin protests, organizers say.

Israel says the barrier prevents Palestinian attackers infiltrating into
Israel. Palestinians say it's a land grab because it juts into the West Bank.


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      1.   The US should demand that the suspects be extradited 18:42  |  Jens 23/03/09
      2.   After a Long Investigation, IDF is Found to Have Acted Correctly 18:47  |  Monitor 23/03/09
      3.   parents should publicly apologise 19:02  |  rich 23/03/09
      4.   Insanity! 19:03  |  Adam 23/03/09
      5.   What Israel Will Confront Him With 19:06  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/03/09
      6.   Its under investigation 19:07  |  Bob 23/03/09
      7.   He got what he deserves 19:08  |  Liora 23/03/09
      8.   Resistance 19:20  |  Ben 23/03/09
      9.   Responsibility 19:35  |  Israel Israeli 23/03/09
      10.   get a good lawyer and sue 19:36  |  david 23/03/09
      11.   Americans! 19:36  |  MMM 23/03/09
      12.   What if he fell out of the tree in Berkeley? 19:50  |  Texan 23/03/09
      13.   The chutzpah of a Berkeley tree sitter 19:52  |  Forrest Schmidt 23/03/09
      14.   Are we talking about a minor who got caught in crossfire? 19:54  |  a voice 23/03/09
      15.   Brits shot themselves in the foot demanding the same 20:03  |  Absolute Sweden 23/03/09
      16.   Make them pay the hospital bill and for damages 20:19  |  Dani 23/03/09
      17.   David in NYC # 2 20:29  |  Eaglebeak 23/03/09
      18.   From this American...serves him right. 20:37  |  j-dog 23/03/09
      19.   Israel already took responsibility... 20:46  |  Aaron 23/03/09
      20.   Talk about mission impossible.... 20:51  |  arik 23/03/09
      21.   to MMM 21:03  |  Mike 23/03/09
      22.   The boy did the crime, now is health is the time 21:12  |  A Jew 23/03/09
      23.   American..... 21:20  |  Rudy 23/03/09
      24.   What was he doing in a conflict zone? 21:37  |  x-ray 23/03/09
      25.   Israel should have sent him to Gaza for his healthcare. 21:39  |  4:20 23/03/09
      26.   Why were the IDF there at all? 21:51  |  Palestinian Brit 23/03/09
      27.   U.S. couple demands Israel take responsibility for severely wound 21:51  |  Steve Ward 23/03/09
      28.   Report fails to mention that Anderson had a habbit 21:54  |  Rebecca 23/03/09
      29.   Absolute Sweden - poor Beduin 21:56  |  Palestinian Brit 23/03/09
      30.   wolf! wolf! 22:03  |  steve 23/03/09
      31.   Where are the Palestinians whom he loves? 22:12  |  MMM 23/03/09
      32.   While we can empathize with your pain, it IS your son`s doing 22:21  |  Arie 23/03/09
      33.   Check this! 22:21  |  yankee see 23/03/09
      34.   Sue who?? 22:33  |  Al 23/03/09
      35.   in the case of injury acourt will always assess the vitims degree 22:49  |  v hardman 23/03/09
      36.   Unfortunately, the son acted on his own and is responsible 23:00  |  Ben 23/03/09
      37.   idf in israel 23:02  |  Christine 23/03/09
      38.   Excellent summary Arie 23:20  |  Peter Williams 23/03/09
      39.   Misinformation 23:21  |  Joan 23/03/09
      40.   Misinformation 23:30  |  Joan 23/03/09
      41.   Israel keeps shooting itself in the foot. 23:30  |  Maureen Ann 23/03/09
      42.   Look in the mirror. 23:37  |  reality check 23/03/09
      43.   Reread the article 23:41  |  American Patriot 23/03/09
      44.   why was he hurting Israel 23:45  |  jr 23/03/09
      45.   # 4 Adam of Oakland....rock throwers? 23:50  |  Lynn 23/03/09
      46.   Stay in Oakland 23:58  |  Michael Kavodi 23/03/09
      47.   #1, the US has no jurisdiction for extridiction 00:19  |  Get Real 24/03/09
      48.   "Pal Brit" oxymoron rants on 00:21  |  Absolute Sweden 24/03/09
      49.   Israel should sue the Andersons 00:21  |  peter 24/03/09
      50.   Yankee, go home! What was a 38-year old guy doing here? 00:30  |  Israeli 24/03/09
      51.   BRAVO ARIE # 30! You said it all! 00:33  |  JEW 24/03/09
      52.   The solution 05:04  |  Iain 24/03/09
      53.   Anderson shoud be honored to be shot in the face by Israel 05:31  |  Googush 24/03/09
      54.   I have no Sympathy 05:34  |  Ralph Levy 24/03/09
      55.   If they were good parents, he should have been at work in USA 05:37  |  Alfredo 24/03/09
      56.   The parents should be sued!!! 05:39  |  Iranian 24/03/09
      57.   You come to this region and what happens? 05:52  |  Northern 24/03/09
      58.   IAIN.The Arabs chose to reject peace in 1967 06:27  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
      59.   THEIR 38 yr old boy is responsible for his choice to confront 06:48  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
      60.   This is bunk;38 year old son needs to take responsibility for 07:00  |  glenna 24/03/09
      61.   he should have come to Darfur or Egyptian Rafah 07:03  |  z 24/03/09
      62.   to #32: If you would only know 07:08  |  Anna 24/03/09
      63.   It Was Just A Tragic Accident... 07:15  |  Yosemite 24/03/09
      64.   There must be an immense amound of investigators 07:23  |  Kris Lazar 24/03/09
      65.   SINCE when have teargas cannisters been accurate enough to target 07:28  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
      66.   THEIR 38 yr old boy is a serial global P.C. demonstator. 07:34  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
      67.   lain #32 -- Who exactly asked them to do that? 07:36  |  bbl 24/03/09
      68.   Pathetic 07:37  |  Reuben 24/03/09
      69.   Charge Tristan with criminal proceedings 07:45  |  Baruch Gold 24/03/09
      70.   why do the parents accuse israel.... 07:46  |  scallywag 24/03/09
      71.   if this is his job at 38 clearly he`s not a product member of soc 07:51  |  don 24/03/09
      72.   The moron couldn`t fall off the tree, saving Israel troubles? 08:14  |  Terry 24/03/09
      73.   NORTHEN How do you target someone with a teargas cannister? 08:17  |  PETER SM 24/03/09
      74.   #13, Voice, that `youngster` is 38years old, just behaves like 14 08:21  |  Terry 24/03/09
      75.   To Baruch Gold.... What criminal activity? 08:43  |  Northern 24/03/09
      76.   Send them all back to the US with the hospital bill. 08:48  |  Chuck 24/03/09
      77.   # 40 Scallywag 08:48  |  lily 24/03/09
      78.   #35 PETER SM speaks out 08:55  |  Johnboy 24/03/09
      79.   U.S. couple demands Israel take responsibility for severely wound 09:35  |  Ruth 24/03/09
      80.   Infantile Mike`s dad on taking resposibility!!! 09:35  |  Ari ben Yisrael 24/03/09
      81.   Soldiers shoot tear gas at heads 10:19  |  Woody 24/03/09
      82.   Scallywag and Lilly 10:19  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/03/09
      83.   Parents Demand Israel Take Responsibility 10:26  |  Nili 24/03/09
      84.   to PETER SM 11:04  |  JBT 24/03/09
      85.   Your a bunch of losers 11:20  |  Rob Bennett 24/03/09
      86.   Hard hearts 13:08  |  Joan 24/03/09
      87.   Ruben 13:28  |  Joan 24/03/09
      88.   World`s most moral army... 13:49  |  Hannibal 24/03/09
      89.   to #32 14:02  |  steve 24/03/09
      90.   #61 Utter nonsense, Yosemite 23:32  |  Johnboy 24/03/09
      91.   No chance! 02:10  |  Silvienne 25/03/09
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