Israel used excessive force on Palestinians in May: HRW
Published by Al-Araby Human Rights Watch accused Israeli police on Tuesday of using “excessive force” against Palestinian protesters in the city of Lod, also known as Lydda, or Lydd in Arabic, during May unrest, while treating Jewish rioters more favourably. The violence in Lod, a city with a sizeable Palestinian minority in central Israel, came amid an escalation in illegally occupied and annexed East Jerusalem in May. There, Palestinian protesters