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<p><strong><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=458124" target="_blank">Maan News Agency</a> | Febr 6, 2011</strong><br />
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<p>BETHLEHEM (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Israeli authorities on Sunday closed an investigation into the shooting of an Israeli activist with a tear gas canister in West Bank village Nabi Saleh, the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee reported.</p>
<p>Ben Ronen suffered multiple fractures to his hand after being hit at close range on May 13, the committee said.</p>
<p>He was informed by the Israeli internal affairs division that the case was closed because of insufficient evidence, the report added.</p>
<p>The popular committee released footage of an Israeli border police officer firing the projectile towards Ronen during a weekly protest against land confiscation in the Ramallah-district.<br />
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Ronen&#8217;s lawyer Gaby Lasky said: &#8220;In light of such decisions, despite overwhelming evidence, it is impossible to view the Internal Affairs Division as nothing but a whitewash mechanism to enable the continued use of excessive force against Palestinians and their supporters.&#8221;</p>
<p>On Friday, a French national sustained an injury from a tear-gas canister, activists said.</p>
<p>Before footage was released, Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner suggested the injury was actually caused by a Palestinian stone-thrower, but later said the army was investigating the incident.</p>
<p>In December 2011, a tear-gas canister killed Mustafa Tamimi, a resident of the village.</p>
<p>Palestinian residents of Nabi Saleh and their local and international supporters demonstrate each week against a nearby settlement&#8217;s encroachment toward lands owned by the village.</p>
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