Defense officials warn Fayyad public uprising could turn violent.

The ordeal of a 21-year-old Palestinian - and of the people his testimony incriminated - reveals the lengths Israeli authorities will go to, to fabricate evidence against those who demonstrate weekly against the security fence.

It could be expected that a country that has ruled another nation for many years would show tolerance toward manifestations of unarmed protest against the occupation and its ills. The state should also respect the right of other countries' citizens to show solidarity with the local people and join protests alongside Israeli and Palestinian activists.

What the IDF is doing in Bil'in and Na'alin should disturb every Israeli, whether right-wing or left-wing - because this is about the very nature of the regime of the country in which we live.