Israeli Troops attack Ni'lin villagers - May 22, 2009

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Eight injured in military attack on weekly protest in Nil'in
Source: IMEMC
Date: Friday May 22, 2009 17:38

Israeli soldiers on Friday attacked Palestinian and international peace activists holding the weekly non-violent protest against the Wall in Ni'lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

The protest marked the first year of Ni'lin's ongoing struggle against the Israeli wall and settlements being built on land that belongs to the village.

As soon as the crowd reached the lands where the army is building the wall, troops attacked them with batons, rubber-coated-steal bullets and tear gas. Eight protestors were injured and dozens were treated for the effects of gas inhalation.

Earlier the same day Israeli soldiers had invaded the village and had taken positions on roof tops of famers' homes to try to prevent the protest from leaving the village to the location of the wall.



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