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Three injured during the weekly Bil'in protest

author Friday June 13, 2008 16:31author by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News Report this post to the editors

Scores of Villagers from Bil'in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village's land on Friday.

File 2008-Bil'in  - Photo By IMEMC's Haithem El Khatib
File 2008-Bil'in - Photo By IMEMC's Haithem El Khatib

The villagers called for the removal of the of the Israeli wall, settlements. Protesters marched towards the location of the Wall which is separating the village from its land.

Immediately after the protest reached the gate of the Wall, soldiers showered the protestors with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. Three were injured, amo0ng them was Ibraheem Burnat who was moved to a hospital the seriousness of his injury.

category ramallah | non-violent action | news report author email ghassanb at imemc dot org

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