WEST BANK: Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians and peace acticists at anti-barrier demonstration

Record ID: 565422

  • Title: WEST BANK: Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians and peace acticists at anti-barrier demonstration
  • Date: 24th December 2005
  • Summary: SOLDIERS CARRYING AWAY PROTESTOR
  • Embargoed: 8th January 2006 12:00
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  • Reuters ID: LVA6ZHH6U1VFVLKR0V5OTU8PJ0GF
  • Story Text: Several hundred Palestinians and peace activists
    clashed with Israeli troops on Friday (December 23) during
    a protest against the construction of a West Bank
    separation barrier in the village of Beilin.
    The Israeli army said the protesters violated a
    military order declaring the area a military zone and that
    some protesters hurled stones at the soldiers who replied
    by firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    Witnesses said one of the protesters whose broken hand
    was kept in a cast, was beaten by Israeli policemen and
    evacuated for further treatment.
    Beilin has been a flashpoint for clashes between
    Israeli troops and protesters in recent months attempting
    to block heavy machinery from constructing the barrier
    Israel says it needs to keep out Palestinian militants but
    in which Palestinians see an attempt to annex land they
    want for a future independent state.
    On Thursday evening (December 22) Israeli soldiers
    dismantled a caravan and evacuated several dozen protesters
    who barricaded themselves in an outpost meant to prevent
    the construction of the fence which cut off their land.
    Palestinians say the project effectively annexes over
    40 per cent of the West Bank and directly effects the lives
    of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
    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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