A video circulating on social media shows an Israeli soldier kneeling on an elderly Palestinian protester’s neck while arresting him during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank.
Khairi Hannoun 65 told Wafa news agency that he was protesting against Israel’s plans to confiscate some 800 dunums (0.8 square kilometres) of land to build an illegal industrial park affecting several northern West Bank villages.
As the video circulating on social media shows the father of five was wrestled to the ground until the soldier appeared to kneel on his neck and back while forcing him into handcuffs.
“The Israeli soldiers hit me hard and one of them pressed his knee against my neck for a few minutes” he said. “I stayed still to avoid more pressure on my neck but people pulled me out.”
Hannoun also made the comparison in an interview with Palestinian media as he stated: “I tried to resist but in a moment I felt that the earth was turning and I immediately remembered what happened with the American George Floyd who was killed in the same way by a spiteful American policeman.”
– Source: MEMO
