A-Infos (en) Media, 200 Israelis & Palestinians protest new Israeli-only W. Bank road

Roughly 200 Israelis and Palestinians turned out for a protest march 
Saturday against the construction of a new West Bank viaduct that will 
be open to Israeli traffic only.

The viaduct will run along the existing Route 60 from the Etzion 
settlement bloc to El Arub.

Among the demonstrators were activists from all the Palestinian 
factions, including Fatah and Hamas, as well as members of Israeli 
organizations "Anarchists Against the Fence," "Ta'ayush," and "Fighters 
for Peace."

The demonstrators said the viaduct, which they termed an "apartheid 
road," not only discriminates on the basis of race but will also 
necessitate the expropriation of land from the Palestinian villages of 
Halhul, Beit Umar, and El Arub.

"This is a protest against the apartheid road that will be constructed," 
said Ta'ayush activist Avihai Sharon. "Route 60 will be for 
Palestinians, while above it a viaduct will be built for Jews only."

"The road will also steal land from Palestinian villages like Beit Umar 
and Halhul".

The march set out from Beit Umar and ended in the El Arub school. 
Cooperation between Hamas and Fatah activists was evident in the 
demonstration, despite the severe tensions between the two factions.

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Published by Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz 23/12/2006

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