Italian judge hit by tear-gas grenade in West Bank demo

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

BILIN, West Bank (AFP) — An Italian judge was slightly hurt on Friday when a tear-gas grenade hit him on the head during a protest against the barrier Israel is erecting to separate itself from the West Bank, witnesses and medics said.

Giulio Toscano, who was treated at the scene, was among a group representing the European Parliament's European United Left group, which confirmed that he had been hurt.

Among other demonstrators were United Left Vice President Luisa Morgantini and Northern Ireland Nobel Peace prize winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire.

They joined dozens of Palestinians and Israelis, as well as foreign activists, who had gathered for what is a weekly demonstration against the barrier. This week's protest took place at the end of a three-day...