A-Infos (en) Palestine-Israel, Friday demonstrations in Bil'in, Um Salmuna, Budrus, and kafin - The joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation

In Bil'in it was not as usual as the new regional commander is experimenting. 
It was also "The Earth Day" - the yearly commemoration of the Israeli 
Palestinian struggle against the confiscation of lands in the North of Israel 
(Sahnin) for the building of the Jewish town of Carmiel 31 years ago. (As part 
of the Zionists effort to keep the Jewish majority in the North of Israel). 
Thus, it was a bigger demonstration than usual - few hundreds, with lot of 
participants from Ramallah - the city of the region. Palestinians, 
internationals, Israeli anarchists against the wall, and lot of media - 
including direct live TV of Algazira. On the way to the route of the separation 
fence, we passed near the border gendarmes provocateurs unit at the outskirt of 
the village - advanced there to ensure the stone throwing of the village kids.

We continued marching on the kilometer long road to the western lands of the 
village where the separation fence cut them to enable their confiscation for 
the building of the settler colonialist town Modi'in Ilit.

This Friday, the surprise was a water canon vehicles that tried with short 
shots to prevent us from approaching the gate to the route and the other side. 
It was also the first time the gate was locked to evade the usual struggle to 
open it... When the short periods of spray of water failed to deter us, the 
soldiers showered us with shock grenades which triggered the stone throwing of 
these who do not adhere to the non violent mode.

As usual, the soldiers drove them away - together with the less daring 
demonstrators, while the nonviolent demonstrators moved to the side for a 
while... and I found myself standing alone for a while in front of the gate 
till the other comrades returned. Later it was the push and counter push... and 
in about half an hour the soldiers "conquered" a stretch of 5 meters.

To day, the first time during the second year of Friday demos, organizers 
succeeded to draw the commander into agreement that the soldiers and border 
gendarmes who were fighting the kids at the entrance of the village will 
withdraw, to enable us to return peacefully to the village.

In Um Salmuna there was no confrontation with the Israeli state force. few 
hundreds people of Palestinians from the region, international and a big 
contingent of anarchists against the wall congregated near the building area of 
the separation fence. To prevent confrontation there were not works there. 
After the Muslims noon prayer all the demonstrators marched on the main road 
blocking for a while the traffic of the near by Jewish colonial settlements.

The demonstration in Budrus was the hottest one. few hundred demonstrators - 
Palestinians, Internationals, AATW, and media, marched towards the separation 
fence. When they arrived at the gate to the West, it was not protected - the 
soldier were far from it, so the people forced it open. The Israeli state force 
rushed to the gate - dispersing the people there with shooting of their 
arsenal. Then the people regrouped and speeches were carried. At the end of the 
demonstration, to make the people disperse faster, and to punish them for the 
opening of the gate, the army shoot the people again.

In Kafin, congregated about 900 people for the Ard Day = Earth Day. 
Palestinians, Internationals AATW people and Media... When the marchers arrived 
at the separation fence, the state force blocked their way with some pushes. 
Towards the end, some stone throwers did their thing - and state force 
responded with some shooting of rubber coated bullets.

Media report on two demonstrators slightly wounded and one border gendarme too, 
in Bil'in demo, and three demonstrators wounded in Budrus.

Related links:
http://ainfos.ca
http://matzpen.org
http://shalif.com/anarchy/glimpses/glimpses.html
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