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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:18 PM Jan 2014

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Elderly Palestinian Man Dies After Alleged Tear Gas Inhalation

Hundreds of Palestinians took part in a funeral march today for Said Jasir, an 85-year-old man from the West Bank village of Kfar Qaddum.

According to Palestnian medical sources, Jasir died after the Israeli army shot tear gas into his house during a protest in the village on New Year’s Day. After inhaling tear gas, Jasir was evacuated to the hospital in Nablus, were he died a few hours later.

After the funeral, youth from the village marched to the area near the settlement of Kedumim, and clashed with the Israeli army.

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Elderly Palestinian Man Dies After Alleged Tear Gas Inhalation (Original Post) Purveyor Jan 2014 OP

It goes on and on and on.....n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #1

It's the evening 972mag article dump! oberliner Jan 2014 #2

You can post that one. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #3

Ha ha King_David Jan 2014 #4

There's a reason it's the only one that didn't get posted oberliner Jan 2014 #5

Oh just state your reasons and be done with it, oberliner. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #6

Really what did you have in mind-care to share that with us? azurnoir Jan 2014 #9

Did you read the OP? It was a really tragic event... Violet_Crumble Jan 2014 #7

First Palestinian death in the conflict in 2014 azurnoir Jan 2014 #8

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

1. It goes on and on and on.....n/t

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:56 PM

Jan 2014

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

2. It's the evening 972mag article dump!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:56 PM

Jan 2014

Three for three.

The only one you left out was the one about Yemen's Jewish goldsmiths.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

3. You can post that one. n/t

Reply to oberliner (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:57 PM

Jan 2014

King_David

(14,851 posts)

4. Ha ha

Reply to Jefferson23 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 08:10 PM

Jan 2014

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

5. There's a reason it's the only one that didn't get posted

Reply to Jefferson23 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 08:27 PM

Jan 2014

See if you can guess what it is.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

6. Oh just state your reasons and be done with it, oberliner. n/t

Reply to oberliner (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 08:48 PM

Jan 2014

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

9. Really what did you have in mind-care to share that with us?

Reply to oberliner (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 02:50 AM

Jan 2014

BTW an article about the man's death was in Maan too

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=662049

Violet_Crumble

(35,977 posts)

7. Did you read the OP? It was a really tragic event...

Reply to oberliner (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 02:24 AM

Jan 2014

The death of an elderly Palestinian in those circumstances is I'd hope of far more importance than how many articles get posted from any source...

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

8. First Palestinian death in the conflict in 2014

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 02:49 AM

Jan 2014

happened on the 2nd didn't take long

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