bilin demo 07-08-09 by haitham al katib

Bil'in demo another arrest and lots of gas 07.08.09

At today's weekly non-violent demonstration, the occupation forces arrested yet another Palestinian man, Rany Ayoub Yousef Najar. He is a local cameraman who was wearing the clearly visible green jacket of the Press at the time of his arrest.

Once the protesters arrived close to the Separation Wall, activists from Italy, France, Israel and Bil'in were addressing the soldiers, demanding an end to the military occupation and the Wall. Then the chanting of Palestinian freedom slogan resumed while some of the activists tried to open the gate at the Green Line without success. The Army threw a multiple of tear gas and sound bombs into the crowd. Then the first arrest occurred. After having blindfolded and handcuffed the cameraman, the soldiers entered through the gate a second time. But the air was still heavy with tear gas which made the soldiers retreat to their outpost without arresting anyone else.

The protesters held their ground and were soon sprayed with the foul chemical water and more tear gas. After one hour into the demonstration, the protesters returned back to the village.




An alert of a big fire near the house of Abdulfatah Bornat came soon after. The occupation forces had thrown tear gas into the field in the wake of the demonstration which resulted in burning the dry vegetation. A fire truck had to be called from a nearby village to come and extinguish the fire. It had already burnt a large field.

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[ofir400i]

hahah what are they talking about ??

what together??

they are doing here a criminal action

[kissrocknroll1]

Together?

every day a terrorist attack is together and peace?

[herbnotbombs]

Free Palestine!

Long live the intifada!