A-Infos (en) Palestine-Israel, Bil'in Friday demonstration still going on even when no light is seen in the end of the tunnel

Just like every other Friday of the last 21 months, we had today too, for a 
while, in Bil'in, the joint struggle of Israeli anarchists against the wall, 
international activists, and people of Bil;in. The electronic separation fence 
is already completed in west of Bil'in. The Israeli higher court of "justice" 
already demonstrated again what is the NaZionist meaning of "justice" and threw 
away the Bil'in protest about the theft of Bil'in lands for the building of 
another quarter in the settler colonialist town Modi'in Ilit. It will probably 
do the same to the protest about the route of the separation fence that grab 
more lands of Bil'in... But the struggle continue. Every day and every act of 
resistance is part of the "Tsumud" = "persistence" refusing to give in to the 
huge transfer started 1948, continued all the year and increased in momentum in 
1967 occupation and more so in 2002 project of the separation fence.

At noon, we started as most of previous Friday demonstrations from the center of 
the village on the road to the west - now cut by the separation fence and gate 
to the West which is always closed for us at Friday noon.

We marched with placard, and a tractor with a plow, chanting all the way to the 
route of the fence. Just living the built area of the village we have seen 
Israeli state force on the roof of one of the building and around it - waiting 
for the usual Friday confrontation with the youngsters of the village so they 
will be able to report to the media there was violent confrontation in Bil'in - 
and not just a non violent demonstration.

On our way to the rout of the fence, two youngsters who prefer to throw stones 
behind the back of the nonviolent demonstration accompanied us - leaving behind 
the more authentic stone throwing youngsters to confront the state force.

When we arrived at the blocked gate to the route of the fence and to the West of 
it, we started verbal confrontation with the state force guarding the gate and 
pulling the spools of the barbed wire "protecting" the gate.

From time to time the soldiers threw on us shock grenades that did not deter us 
any more. At some stage they even threw on us a tear gas canister that was 
thrown back to them to enjoy their own "medicine".

At that minute the two "brave" youngsters threw few stones on the soldiers 
behind our backs and run away. Due to our persistence and the "lenience" of the 
soldiers who only threw of us few shock grenades, they failed to disrupt the 
nonviolent demonstration that continued till we decided to return to the village.

Not long afterwards two officers tried to arrest one of us for "bad behavior", 
but due to the resistance of the comrades around, the needed more and 
reinforcement. When they were already 20, they did succeed to take him prisoner, 
to be released 2 hours later from the not far away police station in the 
Settlement Givat Ze'ev, on condition he will refrain from demonstrate in Bil'in 
for 15 days.

It seems that only three of the demonstrators were injured a bit in the 
confrontation.
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