WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRE TEAR GAS ON PALESTINIANS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST SECURITY BARRIER IN MARDA VILLAGE / ISRAELI POLICE REFUSE TO ALLOW MUSLIM MEN UNDER 40 TO FRIDAY PRAYERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE

Record ID: 400210

  • Title: WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRE TEAR GAS ON PALESTINIANS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST SECURITY BARRIER IN MARDA VILLAGE / ISRAELI POLICE REFUSE TO ALLOW MUSLIM MEN UNDER 40 TO FRIDAY PRAYERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE
  • Date: 10th June 2005
  • Summary: (W3) MARDA VILLAGE, WEST BANK (JUNE 10, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. CROWD OF PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION BY ISRAEL OF A WALL WHICH CUTS THROUGH THEIR LAND AND WILL LEAD TO THE UPROOTING OF THEIR OLIVE TREES 0.11 2. PROCESSION APPROACHING ISRAELI SOLDIERS 0.14 3. SLV: ISRAELI ARMY JEEPS IN AREA 0.21 4.
  • Embargoed: 25th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: MARDA VILLAGE, NEAR NABLUS, WEST BANK/ JERUSALEM
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA5DKGBR0GMBD6XQ21JMAYNE2U9
  • Story Text: Israeli soldiers shoot tear gas on Palestinians
    demonstrating against the West Bank barrier whilst in
    Jerusalem men under the age of 40 are prevented from
    attending Friday prayers in the Old City.


    Fifteen Palestinians were reported injured on
    Friday (June 10) following stone-throwing clashes with
    Israeli soldiers over the controversial construction of an
    Israeli wall which cuts through Palestinian land.

    Residents of the village of Marda rallied against
    Israel's barrier which is intended to separate the Jewish
    State from the West Bank and which will result in the
    uprooting of hundreds of olive trees - a source of
    livelihood for the Palestinian residents.

    When the procession approached Israeli soldiers,
    violence erupted as Israeli forces shot tear gas at the
    demonstrators who responded with stones and rocks.

    Friday demonstrations against the barrier have become a
    tradition, as its building advances swiftly, in parts onto
    private Palestinian private land.

    The Palestinians see the barrier as a one-sided
    political move designed to form a permanent border between
    Israel and the Palestinian territories, in favour of
    Israeli interests.

    Israel says the wall is being built as a security
    measure to prevent the penetration of suicide bombers into
    Israel.

    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.

    The International Court of Justice in the Hague has
    ruled the snaking network of razor wires and cement as
    illegal.

    Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinian worshippers were
    prohibited from praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque in
    Jerusalem's Old City.

    The worshippers were forced to pray outside the Old
    City gates on Friday as Israeli police refused to allow
    Muslims under the age of 40 to enter Islam's third holiest
    site.

    Israeli police routinely enforce strict measures at the
    Old City on Fridays - the day of prayer for Muslims -
    citing security threats.

    jrc/



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