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Top Arab MK to be charged with beating cop at West Bank fence
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hadash, Israel News 

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided on Sunday to indict Israeli Arab MK Mohammed Barakeh for allegedly attacking a policeman during a demonstration at the West Bank separation fence.

Barakeh, chairman of the Israeli Arab party Hadash, is suspected of having assaulted a member of the Israel Prisons Service's elite Masada unit at a protest in the West bank village of Bi'ilin in 2005.

The policeman was taking a detainee to a police car at the time of the alleged assault.
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Mazuz was also considering including on the charge sheet the crimes of offending a public servant and issuing threats, offenses which Barakeh is alleged to have committed s at two other demonstrations.

In one of the incidents, Barakeh allegedly attacked a police officer during a 2006 protest in Tel Aviv, while in another he is accused of assaulting a passerby during a demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square.


Last year, Barakeh reportedly met secretly with Hamas' political bureau chief, Khaled Meshal, on the sidelines of a conference in Abu Dhabi marking 60 years since the Palestinian "nakba," or catastrophe.

When asked about the meeting, Barakeh told Haaretz he was committed to brotherhood and unity with the Palestinians, but would not say whether or not the talks had taken place.

"I will do all that I need to achieve this unity, based on the Palestinian principles and on the Arab peace initiative," Barakeh said.

The MK said then that he saw Hamas as an important component of Palestinian society, without whom national unity is impossible. He nevertheless acknowledged that he was critical toward the movement and of its conduct in the Gaza Strip
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  1.   ABOUT TIME 17:12  |  Israeli 01/11/09
  2.   Now they`ll all be screaming racism.... 17:16  |  Malone 01/11/09
  3.   Long past due 17:23  |  Gee 01/11/09
  4.   Stephen - Fla Now you know why 18:05  |  *BEN JABO 01/11/09
  5.   Don`t MKs have immunity from prosecution? 20:34  |  sh 01/11/09
  6.   Not if there were Arab MK`s 22:02  |  C2 01/11/09
  7.   Immunity 22:23  |  Leon 01/11/09
  8.   What emunity are you talking about (#4 & #5) 22:52  |  Gil 01/11/09
  9.   Criminal immunity 23:12  |  jackie 01/11/09
  10.   Only in Israel can an MK get away with the things Bakarah has 23:35  |  zionist forever 01/11/09
  11.   Implement Sharia Law just for him 23:46  |  Ron 01/11/09
  12.   Hypocrisy 23:57  |  Froy 01/11/09
  13.   CJ - Arab MK`s have also spied for the enemy 00:13  |  *BEN JABO 02/11/09
  14.   SH- Immunity for legal actions 00:15  |  *BEN JAB 02/11/09
  15.   How about a statement Bibi? 01:44  |  Gee 02/11/09
  16.   An offense in 2005??? 04:03  |  US CITIZEN 02/11/09
  17.   How Convenient to Charge Him with Just Anything! Go Charge those 04:58  |  Tommy - The Who 02/11/09
  18.   #9 US CITIZEN (Ye gads, another one) 16:47  |  *BEN JABO 02/11/09
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