Army shuts down peaceful rallies across West Bank
Reageer (0)13-8-2010
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers shut down weekly non-violent anti-wall protests in villages across the West Bank on Friday.
International, Israeli, and Palestinian activists in Bil’in, Nil’in, and An-Nabi Salih, near Ramallah, and in Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, were met with tear-gas canisters as they marched toward the separation wall to protest the confiscation of land.
In Nil’in, soldiers crossed the gate in the wall and chased demonstrators, throwing tear-gas grenades and leading to an outbreak of clashes as activists threw stones, organizers said.
Clashes also broke out in An-Nabi Salih, where demonstrators reported that Israeli soldiers closed roads leading to the village.
Tear gas and sound grenades were launched at protesters in Al-Ma’sara village, organizers said, adding that hundreds of villagers and foreign solidarity groups participated in the rally and sang Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Italian protest songs.
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