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Sun Sep 20 2009
Protesters in Ni'lin Open a Gap in the Apartheid Wall
Palestinians Israelis and Internationals Succeed in Causing Substantial Damage to the Wall
On Friday, September 18, about 300 protesters -- Israeli, Palestinian and international -- attended the weekly demo against the apartheid wall in Ni‘lin. In a joint collective action the protesters succeeded in moving one of the wall blocks (weighing a few tons), causing substantial damage to the wall, and opening a gap in which a person can pass.

In the past month the army constructed the cement wall (similar to one in the Kalkilia area) that separates between the villages‘ agricultural lands, in which weekly demonstrations have taken place, and the electronic wall that is situated in the heart of the area.

Earlier, protesters placed rubber tires in the Palestinian side of the wall and set them on fire. The impressive fumes reached the Israeli side (and probably the ozone layer as well). Soldiers fired gas grenades on the protesters, using a multi-barrel gas grenade launcher capable of firing 32 gas grenades simultaneously. One Palestinian protester was lightly injured from the gas grenades. The protesters threw stones at the soldiers.

(Hebrew translation): כ-300 מפגינים ישראלים פלסטינים ובינלאומיים השתתפו ביום שישי בהפגנה נגד חומת האפרטהייד בנעלין. בסוף ההפגנה, הצליחו המפגינים - בפעולה קולקטיבית מרשימה ומאומצת - להזיז את אחת מאבני הבטון של החומה (משקלה כמה טונות!). בכך גרמו נזק משמעותי לחומה והצליחו לפעור בה חור שמאפשר מעבר אדם. הצבא בנה בחודש האחרון את חומת הבטון (בדומה למבנה החומה באזור קלקיליה) שהמפגינים הזיזו. החומה החדשה חוצצת בין השטחים החקלאיים של הכפר, בהן מתקיימות ההפגנות, לבין הגדר האלקטרונית שהוקמה בלב האדמות ומנתקת אותן מבעליהן. המפגינים הניחו צמיגים בצד הפלסטיני של הגדר והבעירו אותם. תמרות העשן השחור הגיעו לצד הישראלי (וככל הנראה גם הלאה משם לשכבת האוזון). החיילים ירו רימוני גז לעבר המפגינים, בין היתר באמצעות ”המדוכה“ שמשגרת 32 רימונים במטח ירי אחד. מפגין פלסטיני אחד נפצע קל מהרימונים. המפגינים ידו אבנים לעבר הצבא הישראלי. photo Read more

Nil'in anti-wall protest damages wall, marchers pass into stolen land

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