Israeli forces violently suppressed a joint Palestinian-Israeli protest against new settlement outposts in the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT) West Bank district of Tubas on Thursday, January 5, with three demonstrators suffering injury from the inhalation of tear gas. The outposts remain in place.

Dozens of Palestinian and Israeli activists gathered in the Jordan Valley in order to protest the establishment of new illegal outposts in the area. The demonstrators, from the Israeli-Palestinian activist group Ta’ayush, were forcefully dispersed by Israeli soldiers, who fired tear gas at them. Subsequently, on Friday, January 6, one Ta’ayush activist from Jerusalem was arrested by Israeli police and occupation army forces nearby an illegal outpost.

On Friday, January 6, one Ta’ayush activist from Jerusalem was arrested by Israeli police and occupation army forces near an illegal outpost in the Jordan Valley. (Photo: Ta’ayush)

Ahmad Said, the deputy governor of Tubas, told the Palestinian news agency Ma’an that tens of protesters had set up a tent on Thursday in an area of the northern Jordan Valley to protest Israel’s expanding illegal settlements. However, Israeli forces suppressed the protest. Said added that Israeli forces had also assaulted a crew of Palestinian journalists, causing injuries among them. He did not specify what kinds of injuries were sustained during the incident.