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WORLD NEWS Monday 12 SepteMber 2022

Palestinian man left beaten, bloodied by Israeli police

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Pal- from entering Jerusalem for
estinian man who is seen a month.
in an amateur video lying "I'm still suffering from the
face down, bloody and pain," he said. "My children,
motionless, as an Israeli po- after seeing the video,
liceman kneels on his neck, wake up at night crying ...
said Sunday that Israeli I need surgery on my nose.
forces beat and detained Who will pay for it?"
him without provocation as The border police is a para-
he headed to pray at Jeru- military force that is often
salem's chief Muslim shrine. deployed to maintain or-
Yousef Adi, 36, said that der in tense areas, such
he suffered a broken nose as the Old City, or to quell
and required four stitches unrest, and its officers have
on his forehead after last been targets of Palestin-
Thursday's beating nearby Yousef Adi, 36, shows his injuries at his apartment in the West ian attackers. At the same
the Al Aqsa mosque. The Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. time, Palestinian and hu-
incident is the latest in a se- Associated Press man rights groups accuse
ries of violent acts by Israeli cial media appeared to police barrier and appears the force of frequently us-
police against Palestinians. show an officer from the Is- to push an officer as he is ing excessive force and say
Israeli police said the vid- raeli border police pinning detained. He also appears officers are rarely punished
eo distorted the facts and Adi's head to the ground to be shouting and wav- for violent acts.
they had used "reasonable with his knee. Adi is seen ing his arms frantically as Last December, an AP pho-
force." bleeding from his nose and they try to subdue him. The tographer was beaten by
Adi, a West Bank resident hanging limply as police of- video, however, does not a border policeman in an
who works as a technician ficers cuff him and move show the moments when unprovoked attack, and
at Palestine TV, said he had his apparently unconscious he was beaten. two years ago, an autistic
all the necessary Israeli per- body. A pool of blood is vis- "Because of his violent be- Palestinian man was killed
mits to enter Jerusalem. In- ible on the ground. havior, the troops were by a border policeman in
side the Old City, he said Adi said the beatings con- forced to use reasonable the Old City. Israeli authori-
officers arbitrarily detained tinued and that he was force in order to subdue ties say that shooting was
him and dragged him eventually hospitalized. the suspect who ran wild a tragic mistake, and an
against a wall and began The border police said the and remove the threat his officer has been charged
to beat him. video did not tell the full violent behavior posed," with reckless homicide in
"I did nothing except shout story. It released a sepa- the police statement said. the case.
at them to leave me alone rate video of security cam- Tamir Paro, the force's Earlier Sunday, a Palestinian
and stay away from me," era footage that showed spokesman, declined to man who was wounded in
he said. "But then more po- part of the events preced- answer any additional a firefight with Israeli troops
licemen came and began ing Adi's arrest. questions. in the occupied West Bank
hitting me everywhere on Although there is no sound, Adi said the following day last week died of his injuries,
my body." Adi can be seen arguing he was fined 500 shekels Palestinian health officials
A video circulated on so- over being stopped near a (about $150) and banned said.q

USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption

ernment's intentions. During her two-day visit,
"Assistance alone would Power announced a total
not put an end to this coun- of $60 million in aid to Sri
try's woes," Power said. "I Lanka. After meetings with
stressed to the Sri Lankan farmers' representatives at
president in my meeting a rice field in Ja-Ela, outside
earlier today that political of the capital Colombo on
reforms and political ac- Saturday, she announced
countability must go hand $40 million to buy agro-
in hand with economic re- chemicals in time for the
forms and economic ac- next cultivation season.
countability." Agricultural yields dropped
She said that international by more than half for the
investor confidence will past two cultivation sea-
USAID Administrator Samantha Power, right, speaks as US increase as the govern- sons because authorities
ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung watches during a media
conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. ment tackles corruption had banned the imports of
Associated Press and proceeds with long chemical fertilizers osten-
sought governance re- sibly to promote organic
By KRISHAN FRANCIS efforts to uplift the country's forms. "As citizens see the farming. She said that ac-
Associated Press economy as a way out government visibly follow- cording to the World Food
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) of its worst crisis in recent ing through on the commit- Program, more than 6 mil-
— A visiting U.S. diplomat memory. USAID Administra- ment to bring about mean- lion people — nearly 30%
on Sunday urged Sri Lank- tor Samantha Power told ingful change, that in turn of Sri Lanka's population
an authorities to tackle cor- reporters that such moves increases societal support — are currently facing food
ruption and introduce gov- will increase international for the tough economic re- insecurity and require hu-
ernance reforms alongside and local trust in the gov- forms ahead," she said. manitarian assistance. q