Nazi police beat up disabled protesters
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Israeli police beat up disabled protesters
Marianne Azizi writes:
Despite persistent hopes that the Israeli police would not cross yet more red lines in their brutal treatment of lawful, peaceful protesters, yet another red line has been crossed.
This week Israeli disabled people launched a protest in their quest to attract government attention to their pitiful living standards but were met with police violence.
Israeli police assault disabled protesters
For years disabled people in Israel have been pleading with the authorities for enough to live on, but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears. They not only have to live on $647 per month – a sum that had increased by a mere $50 in the 14 years since 2003 – but are marginalised by the state. In many instances, divorced disab...