July 10, 2009.
Around 80 Palestinian residents, alongside Israeli and "international solidarity" activists, gathered to demonstrate against construction of the Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin on Friday. After the weekly prayer, demonstrators marched to the Wall, chanting slogans against the "Occupation". Upon arriving at the site, protesters cut the fence with cutters.
Israeli forces shot tear-gas canisters at the protest, but individuals continued to destroy the fence. Young Palestinian men threw stones and paint at the military vehicles driving below the Wall. Demonstrators managed to cut through the fence and placed boulders and a burning tire on the road to prevent military vehicles from driving close by and attacking.
The demonstration ended abruptly when approximately 10 members of Israeli special forces, disguised as participants with masked faces pulled out pistols and telescopic batons. Soldiers armed with guns and riot shields then entered through the fence and shot large amounts of tear gas, smoke grenades, percussion grenades and live ammunition from their handguns.
The text on this video is obviously extremely biased, nevertheless it's a pretty interesting watch.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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