Demo against the Apartheid Wall in Ni'ilin 13 2 09

Ni'ilin 13 2 09:

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15 injured, including journalists, at Nil'in weekly protest
Source: IMEMC
Date: Friday February 13, 2009 17:11author

On Friday midday, scores of villagers from Nil'in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, held their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the village's land by Israel's settlement and annexation project.

The activities began at a football tournament between 19 teams from various villages throughout the West Bank. the tournament was dedicated to Mahmoud Qassm and Arafat Al Khawaja, two boys who have been killed by the Israeli Army during Nil'in protests two months ago.

At noon, the Palestinians and other demonstrators held Friday prayers near the village lands, and then proceeded to march to the land being confiscated by Israel. Demonstrators carried banners calling for national unity and demanded an end to the Israeli occupation.

As soon as locals and their international supporters arrived to the village where Israel is building the wall, soldiers showered them with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. Fifteen were treated for gas inhalation, three journalists were among the injured. Witnesses in the village added that soldiers shot tear gas inside three homes in the village.




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