Aiming a tear gas launcher

21 September 2011 03:49 pm Views - 2062

An Israeli border policeman aims his rifle, modified to fire rubber bullets, at protesters during clashes that erupted between Israeli troops and Palestinian stone-throwers at Qalandiya checkpoint September 21, 2011. The clashes erupted after a rally in the nearby West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations. REUTERS