WEST BANK: ISRAELI SOLDIERS CLASH WITH PALESTINIANS AND PEACE ACTIVISTS AT ANTI-BARRIER PROTEST

Record ID: 350406

  • Title: WEST BANK: ISRAELI SOLDIERS CLASH WITH PALESTINIANS AND PEACE ACTIVISTS AT ANTI-BARRIER PROTEST
  • Date: 1st July 2005
  • Summary: (W3) BEILIN, WEST BANK (JULY 1, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. LV TEAR GAS GRENADES EXPLODING AMONG CROWD OF PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI PEACE ACTIVISTS MARCHING TO PROTEST AGAINST SEPARATION WALL BUILT BY ISRAEL 0.16 2. LV OF DEMONSTRATORS RUNNING TO HILL TOPS 0.24 3. LV OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS RUNNING AFTER DEMONSTRATORS (3 SHOTS) 0.49 4. LV SOLDIER
  • Embargoed: 16th July 2005 13:00
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  • Location: BEILIN, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVABLJWWKZ9FB30E1YDKDCAL1025
  • Story Text: Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians and peace
    activists at anti-barrier protest.




    Clashes erupted on Friday (July 1, 2005) as Palestinian
    worshippers who tried to reach a barrier construction site
    in the West Bank village of Beilin to protest against its
    erection, were blocked by Israeli forces who fired tear gas
    to disperses the demonstration.

    Two Israeli peace activists were arrested.

    The village of Beilin has been a flashpoint for clashes
    and demonstrations against the construction of the
    controversial barrier, which Israel calls its bulwark
    against suicide bombers but Palestinians see as a bid to
    annex occupied land they seek for a future land.

    Palestinians in revolt since 2000 contend that the
    barrier, and continued Israeli settlement expansion in
    occupied West Bank areas, could relegate them to enclaves
    and leave no room for the viable state they seek.

    Israel denies any such intention and says the barrier
    could be torn down and negotiations on Palestinian
    statehood could proceed if Palestinians ended attacks on
    Israelis.

    Israel has already erected large portions of its
    barrier inside the West Bank, including east Jerusalem,
    isolating Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank.

    The International Court of Justice said the barrier,
    being built on land Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East
    war, is illegal and contrary to international law.


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