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Ni'ilin celebrate two years of struggle, and two more families to be evicted in Sheikh Jarrah

The weekly demonstration in Ni'lin marked two years to the start of the village's struggle against the theft of its land by the wall. Protesters marched carrying banners commemorating the five protesters killed by the army in the last two years, and the village's prisoners who are incarcerated by Israel for their participation in the demonstrations. The march reached the wall, and protest went on for a few minutes by the closed steel gate. Tear gas fired by the army forced the protesters to move along the route of the wall, where some of them threw stones at the soldiers. The protest ended within a couple of hours with no injuries recorded.
 


Nabi Salah

In Nabi Salah, soldiers entered the village before the demonstration started. Following this, confrontations ensued between the village youth and soldiers and border police officers that lasted till eight in the evening. Border police flooded the village streets with tear gas fired by a jeep-top launcher. Two youths were injured, one of them hit in his head by a tear gas canister. Both were evacuated to hospital.


Bil'in

Approximately 150 Palestinian, Israeli and International protestors held the weekly march and protest against the fence in Bil'in. The march was attacked by gas and stun grenades as protestors arrived to the fence and began singing "1,2,3,4 occupation no more". Immediately afterwards, soldiers crossed the fence and tried to arrest whoever they could, which made it an especially short protest. Most protestors fled fearing for being arrested or gassed. 3 Israelis were arrested (among them a 76 year old man) and the village's Palestinian video-cameraman. This is the third time in a month in which this cameraman is arrested, but this time the military officer wisely let him go on the spot, understanding that documenting a popular protest march is not a crime. It seems that following the army's aggression, or the shorter-than-normal protest length, some village youth decided to fight back using non-lethal army control techniques (throwing stones) for about an hour.
The three Israelis were released later in the evening.


Ma'asara

In Maa'sara about 70 demonstrators - Palestinians, Israelis, some Italians and many French people – went on the weekly protest.
Demonstrators marched towards the entrance of the village which was blocked by solders and surrounded by scooters that were staring at the protest from the village roofs. About 30 solders prevented the march from continuing towards the villages lands.
Speeches were given in Arabic and in English, mentioning in perticular the siege on Gaza. Protestors sang Bella Ciao, with the sounds of drums that added a lot of action. A dramatic French partisan song was soon to follow.
The solders didn't really like the fact that demonstrators are so close to their Jeeps and decided to push everybody towards the village. They held hands, put there weapon on there elbows, and started shoving. A few more speeches and some more drumming and slogans closed the demonstration peacefully.

Sheikh JarrahSheikh Jarrah

Later that day in Sheikh Jarrah the regular demonstration, hundreds of people strong, was as cheerful as always. A small group of demonstrators tried to cross the road from the demonstration park and into the neighborhood, but was sent back by police.

The very next day, on Saturday, two more Palestinian families received orders banishing them from their homes, soon to be replaced with new Jewish settlers.

The house soon to be evictedThe house soon to be evicted

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