Bil'in 22-1-10

This Friday, the 22nd of January, 30 to 40 Palestinian, Israeli, and other international protesters marched through the West Bank village of Bil'in to the Israeli built separation barrier.

After the midday prayer, Palestinians and internationals assembled outside in the village of Bil'in and proceeded to march to the barrier while chanting pro-Palestine slogans and waving Palestinian and Fatah flags. Tear gas and concussion grenades were initially employed to disperse the protesters, but roughly thirty minutes into the demonstration Israeli soldiers crossed the barrier line into the village and attempted to chase and detain Palestinian protesters. No arrests were reported.

Several Palestinian youths wearing keffiyehs to cover their heads threw rocks and shouted insults at the Israeli soldiers. International demonstrators recorded and photographed the clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers. Israeli forces invaded the village in response to the clashes with the demonstrators and eventually fell back across the separation wall over an hour after the protest began.

This week's demonstration in Bil'in marks a continued escalation of repressive tactics employed by the Israeli military. 2010 has seen a dramatic increase in night raids, arrests, and harassment directed towards the organizers of the Popular Committee resistance in the West Bank.

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[SDK2584]

@vetiraq Most of these guys are from the Border Guards(like the American BP), which is a part of the police.

[argonium79]

@vetiraq and certainly it would be crazy if americans would build american-only settlements in iraq, build walls that cut trought their farms, control their water ressources, bulldoze their villages...

[argonium79]

@vetiraq to occupy iraq with police i meant

[argonium79]

@vetiraq because that is not israel territory. sending an army for an occupation is foreign to you? you are an american veteran? you must be crazy to go there as an policeman

[MikeArbekan]

Great job IDF, we love you guys. Don't believe the media we Britons are behind you !!!

[ceroeck]

they use their army because there's a very thin line between being a peace activist and being a terrorist in israel it's practically the same people attending both activities.

[joyguy1000]

ITS POLICE BORDERS

[vetiraq]

why does Israel use their army for crowd control? Why don't they use police? This idea is foreign to me, call me crazy.

[biloudz1]

allah younsser palestine allah ahkber.