Israeli Army Fires on Nablus Protestors
Dan Clore
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http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/95370/army-fires-on-nablus-protesters.html
Army Fires on Nablus Protesters
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Israeli forces reportedly attacked demonstrators and residents of
Qaryut, south of Nablus, who marched in protest of land confiscation
near the illegal Israeli settlement of Shilo on Friday.
Dozens of the village's residents rallied to lands that were set to be
confiscated near Shilo and into the main road that was blocked
previously with cement blocks. Residents along with the activists tried
to plant trees at the entrance and to remove the barricades, but 10
armored vehicles arrived at the scene and fired gas canisters on the
protestors, injuring several.
Meanwhile, about 300 demonstrators occupied and blocked the main road
near the Halamish settlement for over two hours on Friday. The
demonstrators, 20 of which were injured by rubber-coated bullets,
protested recent land grabs.
As part of a recent surge in popular protest in the West Bank, hundreds
took to the streets in the West Bank village of Nabbi Saleh, northwest
of Ramallah, in protest of a recent land grab by the adjacent
Jewish-only settlement of Halamish, according to Jonathan Pollak, an
Israeli peace activist and founder of the Anarchists Against the Wall
organization.
Protesters occupied and blocked the main street leading to the
settlement, amidst clouds of tear gas and whizzing rubber-coated
bullets, managed to hold it for over two hours. A group of demonstrators
also managed to reach the area that was recently taken over by settlers.
Settlers who came down from Halamish threw stones and shot live rounds
of demonstrators, he said. Soldiers who were present reportedly took no
action to stop them. Following the demonstration, the army invaded Nabbi
Salleh, where clashes ensued.
Twenty of Nabbi Saleh's residents were struck by rubber-coated bullets,
and dozens suffered tear-gas inhalation.
"For three weeks we have been prevented from reaching our land [because]
of the settlers who occupied it," said Bassem Tamimi, one of the
organizers of the demonstration.
"In any reasonable place, we would be allowed to just drive them out by
force, but they have the army on their side even though the law is on
our side. Under the occupation we are not even allowed to merely
protest," Tamimi added.
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cornholio
> News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
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> Army Fires on Nablus Protesters
> Saturday, 9 January 2010
>
Who wouldn't trust an islamonazi news source from Turkey to
report the truth about news in Israel?
docremington
Dan Clore wrote:
> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/95370/army-fires-on-nablus-protesters.html
> [Israeli] Army Fires on Nablus Protesters
>
Driveled the turkishweekly in between murdering kurds. Turks have
become a seriously funny lot, indeed.