A protester (left) reacts to tear gas shot by the Israeli army during a protest against the apartheid wall in the West Bank village of Nilin, on the 27/3/2009. The Israeli army attacked the weekly protest in Nilin, entering the center of the village with large forces and trying to prevent the protest from taking place. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
Thanks to Rory McCarthy at the Guardian for reporting on the deadly force being used by Israel's soldiers against people protesting the apartheid wall. Video link here.
From the Guardian
It began calmly enough with a march down the high street after midday prayers at the mosque. Palestinian villagers were surrounded by dozens of foreigners singing and waving flags. They turned and headed out to the olive-tree fields and up towards the broad path of Israel's West Bank barrier. There, behind a concrete hilltop bunker, the Israeli soldiers looked down on them.
The crowd approached the barrier, still singing. One man flew a paper kite shaped as a plane. "This land is a closed military zone," an Israeli soldier shouted in flawless Arabic over a loudspeaker. "You are not allowed near the wall." Then the soldiers fired a barrage of teargas.
It has been like this every Friday in the village of Bil'in for more than four years – the most persistent popular demonstration against Israel's vast steel and concrete barrier. It is a protest founded on non-violence that is spreading to other West Bank villages. But it has become increasingly dangerous. more
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