This weekend was full of events against the Israeli occupation. The weekly demonstrations against the wall faced the usual violent response from the Israeli forces, in the same time Palestinians, Israeli and internationals activists opened a blocked road near the village of Qarut north of Ramalla. In the are Hebron several actions toke place: escorting farmers to their land, planting new cacti on farmers land and flying kites with kids.

Water convoy

Some 100 Israeli activists left Tel Aviv and Jerusalem today to bring water to several isolated villages in the South Hebron Mount. These villages suffer more than anywhere else from Israel's racist water policy, as they lack connection to water pipes, and suffer from army attacks on what few water wells and deposits they have.

Ni'ilin

On Friday, around 200 demonstrators, Palestinian, Israeli & International activists, participated in the weekly demonstration against the wall in Ni'ilin. The march went from the village to the newly laid concrete wall - to meet the soldiers threatening the demonstrators from its other side on a new high rampart. Two international activists, and an Israeli photographer were arrested.

 Opening a gap in the wall, Ni'ilin

About 300 protestors: Israeli, Palestinian and international atteneded the weekly demo against the appartheid wall in Ni‘lin. In an impressive joint collective action the protestors have succeeded in moving one of the wall blocks (weighing a few tons!), causing substantial damage to the wall, and opening a gap in which a person can pass.
In the past month the army had constructed the aforementioned cement wall (similar to the one in Kalkilia area) that seperates between the villages‘ agricultural lands, in which the demos take place, and the electronic wall that is situated in the heart of these lands.

On Friday, some 150 residents of Dir Qadis and Kharbata, joined by 15 Israeli activists, demonstrated against the concrete blocks that have been placed on one of their two main roads. The blocks have been in place since 2000, but protests are only starting now. This was the first demonstration organized by these villages.

Demonstrations also took place in the villages of Bil'in and Nil'in.

On Saturday a third and more massive demonstration took place in Bidu, this time with demonstrator reaching the fence from both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides.

A Palestinian photographer and an Israeli photographer, artist and activist were injured during the weekly demonstration in Nil'in, on the Friday the 4th of September. Meanwhile, an Al-Jazeera English team was attacked by soldiers in the Bil'in demonstration.