Protesters clash at Israeli-Palestinian rally in L.A.
LOS ANGELES Los Angeles police formed skirmish lines during a street clash between Palestinian supporters and a pro-Israel group staging a rally, but nobody was arrested.
CBS Los Angeles station KNX radio reports one man apparently broke his arm during a fight with a demonstrator during the Sunday afternoon event outside the Westwood federal building.
The rally attracted more than 1,000 pro-Israel supporters amid renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is retaliating for Hamas rocket attacks.
After the event began, a group of about 250 Palestinian supporters began demonstrating on the opposite side of Wilshire Boulevard.
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"Israel is in the right to defend itself, and Hamas has no right to launch missiles at Israeli cities," Boron Seuer, a pro-Israel protester, told CBS Los Angeles.
"Rockets are not the same as F-16 bombing a very tiny strip of land that is mostly populated by civilians," an unidentified pro-Palestinian protester told CBS Los Angeles.
It triggered a Los Angeles Police Department tactical alert that drew police officers, sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol officers who formed skirmish lines until the demonstrators eventually left.
(Below, watch a report from CBS Los Angeles)