Five injured and two kidnapped in the weekly protest at Bil'in
09/11/2007
Source : IMEMC
by Ghassan Bannoura
On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in joined their international and Israeli supporters and marched against the wall that is built illegally on the village land.
The protest started from the village mosque went through the village towards the lands that have been cordoned behind the wall. At the road, Israeli soldiers were waiting at a razor wire barricade, they had put there. As soon as the unarmed protesters approached, Israeli troops showered them with tear gas, rubber bullets and sound bombs. Five protesters, among them two internationals, were injured.
Israeli soldiers managed to kidnap Adeeb Abu Rahmah and Abdalfatah Burnat after beating them up with their rifle butts and batons. Two hours later, both were released.
Mustafa Al Baghuoti, a Palestinian law maker, joined the protest of Bil’in on Friday and was subjected to a lot of tear gas.
Also near Ramallah, the villagers of Beit Liqia Al Tira and other nearby villagers protested on Friday at the proximal settlers’ road, that connects those villages with the rest of the West Bank. During the protest, troops forcibly removed the protesters from the road and detained three of them for several hours and released them later.
