B'Tselem report: Crowd Control: Israel's Use of Crowd Control ...

Crowd Control Crowd Control Weapons in the West BankBorder Police officer firing rubber-coated metal bullets at stone-throwers (unseen). The officer tohis left is armed with a weapon equipped with an anti-demonstrator rifle-launcher, Qalandiya,May 2011. Photo by Anne Paq/Activestillsthe measure is ineffective. 47 In other words, police regulations permit firingrubber-coated bullets at people only within a range of 50 to 60 meters. Thisprocedure led the Orr Commission to note that “the narrow margin permittedby this regulation is puzzling”. 48Moreover, the regulations state that rubber-coated bullets may be fired onlywhen the shooter is stationary, and only at the legs of people who have beenidentified as “inciters, key disrupters of order or individuals endangering thewell-being of a soldier or another individual.” In addition, the bullets may notbe fired at women and children, or in the absence of adequate visibility orlighting.” 4947 Police Procedure, § 10.48 Orr Commission Report, § 59.49 Police Procedure, § 7. Military Procedure, § 7.3.23