Nilin marking 20 years to the fall of the berlin wall by taking down the wall on their land

20 years to the fall of the Berlin wall
- Demonstrators toppled 8 meters tall concrete wall in Ni'ilin
The protest in Nilin was held today to mark the 20th anniversary to the fall of the Berlin wall, which has been declared an international day of action against Israel's barrier.
The 300 demonstrators managed to topple a part of the eight meters tall concrete wall that cuts through the village's land. The concrete wall in Ni'ilin - five to eight meters (15 to 25 feet) in hight has only recently been laid on the path of the wall cutting through Ni'ilin's lands, in addition to the already existing electronic barrier and razor-wire.

Since the Wall was built to allow more land to annexed to the nearby settlements rather than in a militarily strategic manner, demonstrators have been able to repeatedly dismantle parts of the electronic fence and razor-wire surrounding it. The section of the Wall in Nilin is the only place along the route of the barrier where a concrete wall has been erected in an attempt to deal with the civic, unarmed campaign waged by the village in protest of the massive land theft that will enable the expansion of the illegal settlements of Modi'in Il'it and Hasmonaim.

Since Israel began its construction in the year 2002, This is the first time demonstrators succeed in toppling a part of Israel's barrier which is a concrete wall. One of the demonstrators, Moheeb Khawaja, said during the protest: "Twenty years ago no one had thought the monster that divided Berlin into two could be brought down, but in only two days in November, it did. Today we have proven that this can also be done here and now. It is our land beyond this wall, and we will not give up on it. We will win for a simple reason - justice is on our side."

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• 6
• 11
• 09nillin

[habibnur]

yes, and in hebron, u can see written in walls or in the street :"gas de arabs", the same that hitler did to them... unbelievable... but reality.

[Justincasey2]

A U.S. non-profit, Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT), said that "Graffiti such as 'Die Arab Sand-Niggers!' is often sprayed on Palestinian houses by Israeli Jewish settlers."

Google this:

-- Slide Show for album :: Settler Graffiti in Hebron --

...It's the first hit. It will bring you to a slideshow made by Christian Peacemaker Teams about the the Graffiti left by Jewish zionist colonists on the walls of Palestinian homes.

[boryak]

MONKEYS

[thameenahusary]

free Palestine

[Lamovec]

@habibnur Well, death doesn't ask what nation or religion you are...

[LSRochon]

..fear of territorial displacement and dispossession was to be the cheif motor of Arab Antagonism... Benny Morris, leading Israeli Historian 1999

[LSRochon]

We shouldn't delude ourselves, the growing alienation between us and the United States is not good for Israel..

The world isn't willing to accept, and we won't change that in 2010, the expectation that Israel will rule another people for decades more...

There is no other way, whether you like it or not, than to let them rule themselves...

Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister BBC 19 04 2010

More on my Channel peace

[LSRochon]

When in 1977, the United Nations passed the resolution inaugurating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, it was asserting the recognition that injustice and gross human rights violations were being perpetrated in Palestine. In the same period, the UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system. -NELSON MANDELA 1997

[nishkov]

Sand Monkeys gone wild

[RandomWad]

TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

[PrinccessLibanon]

wie können juden nur so grausam sein die sind ya genau wie hitler

ich muss weinen allah helfe den palastinenser amin ya rab