Demo Against the Apartheid Wall - Al Walaje, Beit Jala - 23-5-10

al Walaje, Beit Jala - 23-5-10

yisraelpnm — May 23, 2010 — 6 Israeli activists arrested in Beit Jala while wall construction halted; Peaceful sit-in in al-Walaje responded by army threats

May 23

Sunday action in Beit Jala included a direct action, peaceful demo and clashes with the Israeli army. As one group participated in a peaceful demo against the construction of the wall, another group actually went towards the wall's construction works. The construction was delayed for about 40 minutes, for which 6 Israeli activists paid in some bruises and arrest time. All the others were dispersed by tear gas and stun grenades. Clashes between youth and the Israeli army also erupted after the peaceful demo. The arrestees were released around 17:00, with restraint conditions not to attend the wall's construction sites in the area for 14 days.

Earlier on in Al-Walaje, police showed up early to prevent protesters from approaching the construction there. A peaceful sit-in was held and the soldiers were asked some profound questions about their presence and role in maintaining the wall's dispossession of the Palestinian residents of the village, already previously expelled and dispossessed during the 1948-9 Nakba. An army commander then threatened one of the Palestinian participants for simply speaking up.
6 Israeli activists arrested in Beit Jala while wall construction halted; Peaceful sit-in in al-Walaje responded by army threats

May 23

Sunday action in Beit Jala included a direct action, peaceful demo and clashes with the Israeli army. As one group participated in a peaceful demo against the construction of the wall, another group actually went towards the wall's construction works. The construction was delayed for about 40 minutes, for which 6 Israeli activists paid in some bruises and arrest time. All the others were dispersed by tear gas and stun grenades. Clashes between youth and the Israeli army also erupted after the peaceful demo. The arrestees were released around 17:00, with restraint conditions not to attend the wall's construction sites in the area for 14 days.

Earlier on in Al-Walaje, police showed up early to prevent protesters from approaching the construction there. A peaceful sit-in was held and the soldiers were asked some profound questions about their presence and role in maintaining the wall's dispossession of the Palestinian residents of the village, already previously expelled and dispossessed during the 1948-9 Nakba. An army commander then threatened one of the Palestinian participants for simply speaking up.



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