Israel locks down West Bank village over protests - 6 Jul 08

Israeli troops are sealing off the Palestinian village of Ni'lin in the occupied West Bank.

Villagers in Ni'lin are trying to stop the latest stretch of Israel's separation wall from cutting them off from their farmland.

Israel says the barrier is being built to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers.

Construction sites are flashpoints for confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinians, who are often supported by left-wing protesters from Israel and abroad.

David Chater, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the West Bank, filed this exclusive report.

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[justletuslive]

Whats happening in Nil'in is something new that shows the true face of Israel. I hope this type of protests spreads across all the west bank. No rocks no guns. I only have one thing that confuses me, those soldiers know there is Israelis jews and Arabs there, what the hell are they shooting at???

[budzcool]

israel broke the internatinal law,they are prohibited to build the barrier and they also plan to build housing for isralis in palestenian soil

[steute2011]

These Israeli animals are out of control. They say they want the Palestinians off the streets, but they shoot tear gas into their homes, as if to flush them out? They lie so much, they inevitably get crossed up.

[Ideazonqa]

i have a special request for all those opposed to isreal. convert to judaism and move to isreal. next, imagine there was no IDF and no borders seperating the jews and arabs. next, CHAOS. history repeats itself.

[Ideazonqa]

@abducted1alien2freak lol, do you know the palestinians are not white? so how can you support another race if you go along with the saying "white power". fucking moron

[Ideazonqa]

@tlmort and you dont know how much earned land isreal has already given back. you see, the problem wiht people like you is that you do one thing, and dont expect any consequences. and then you complain like a bunch of bitches and LIE just like the man in this video who says isrealis are throwing tear gas in all the huts. dont you think that might make the people run out into the street caughing and gasping for air? funny how that wasnt reported.

[Ideazonqa]

i have a special request for all those opposed to isreal. convert to judaism and move to isreal. next, imagine there was no IDF and no borders seperating the jews and arabs. next, CHAOS. history repeats itself.

[abducted1alien2freak]

look everyone there is a reson my the kkk hate jews and nigers WHITE POWER and lord give peace to the woonded in palestine

[Ideazonqa]

wtf do you think made the israel army do that. you people are so fucking stupid, these are fucking biased reports hence AL JAZEERA. jesus christ, you people are so stupid. free palestine? what about the fucking israelies that have been blown up cus some primitive arab blew himself up in an israeli village. i dont see fucking protests over that! what about the man who looses his leg cus once again some arab launched a mortar round into his house. huh? where the fuck are the protests for that

[antoniopooper]

@usarmycaptainamerica

i am against terrorism but one can't help but notice that when farmlands are unjustly confiscated, the islamic terror groups have ammo for their propaganda machine. especially when their land is taken away and given to ppl who are jewish extremists. even so, many farmers who lost their land were actually christians.

[qwertyhjklzxcv]

@usarmycaptainamerica I know about the young man, 3 israely soldiers totured and killed his 2 uncles infront of him before continuing to rape on of his family members ( I fail to remember if she was an aunt or sibling ) Anyways, surely the Israely/US media would not allow of such information to go out. And yes I do know that many Palestinians are living great lives in Israel, but those are the ones who sold their soul for wealth and a happy life. They did not fight for their land with physical