Israeli commander dismissed from post over assault on Danish protester Israeli commander assaults Danish pro-Palestinian activist. A senior Israeli army officer has been removed from his post after he was caught on film striking a Danish pro-Palestinian activist in the face with a rifle. The video shows Lieutenant Colonel Shalom Eisner, a deputy brigade commander in the occupied West Bank, hitting Andreas Ias with an M-16 rifle during a protest on Saturday. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and other leaders quickly condemned the incident, which took place during a rally against Israeli roadblocks in the territory. "It has been determined by the chief of the general staff, Lieutenant General Benjamin Gantz, to dismiss Lieutenant Colonel Shalom Eisner from his post as deputy division commander on moral grounds," said a military statement in English. Israel's Army Radio said he would remain in the armed forces but would be barred from senior command roles for the next two years. "It's a bad feeling," Eisner told Israel Radio after receiving news of his dismissal. Local media had quoted his family and friends as saying that the video did not tell the whole story and that his fingers had been broken by one of the protesters.