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  1. Al Jazeera covered the whole ugly incident. The mourners wanted to carry the casket to the church. The police said it had to be transported in a hearse and attacked those struggling to carry the casket. It is ludicrous to claim they were throwing stones at the same time.

  2. Abomination is the only word to describe this, the police should never have been anywhere near the funeral.

  3. While somewhat shocking to us, the dynamics made it all inevitable.

    1. The occupying power does not allow public demonstrations (carrying Palestinian flags a no no) of nationalist sentiment within East Jerusalem (note the occupying power has claimed to have annexed East Jerusalem)
    2. The arrangement was for the casket to go from the hospital morgue to the church, by vehicle, not by foot. When this instead happened no 1 came into play.

    Similar scenes occur at any public gathering by Palestinians within East Jerusalem, usually at the Mount but sometimes because of evictions form homes.

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