21.   Some of the demonstrators carried makeshift shields made of plastic and cardboard, others had padded cardboard armor to cushion against blows.

22.   Some of the police were wearing chemical-protection gear, while others carried riot shields.

23.   The PLO police armed with automatic rifles and carrying shields fired on dozens of Hamas activists after they were pelted with stones and bottles.

24.   The police, wearing full riot gear and carrying plastic shields, retaliated by firing teargas, hurling back rocks and attacking students with long wooden truncheons.

25.   Officer were deployed in riot gear and carrying plastic shields to fend off debris and rocks.

26.   The demonstrators could be seen carrying only shields and blunt fighting sticks, and seemed to have left their war clubs, battle axes and spears at home.

27.   The police, wearing helmets and carrying shields, charged the strikers repeatedly as they regrouped at various points around city hall.