Seven Palestinian demonstrators injured by Israeli occupation forces, at a non-violent protest at Bil'in 

Seven demonstrators injured at weekly non-violent protest at Bil'in

Date: 01 / 09 / 2007 Time: 10:05

Ramallah – Ma'an – 

Seven demonstrators were shot by Israeli occupation soldiers and dozens choked on tear gas at the weekly non-violent protest at Bil'in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

After Friday prayers the demonstrators began the march, along with a group of international and Israeli activists, there to show solidarity with Palestinians.

The protestors raised banners calling for the demolition of the land-annexation Wall and the release of Palestinian abductees from Israeli occupation jails.

The marchers walked towards the wall, but the Israeli occupaiton soldiers erected a barrier to prevent the demonstrators from reaching the area.

When the protestors reached the area near the soldiers, the Israeli occupation forces launched tear gas canisters and fired rubber-coated steel bullets. Several of the peaceful demonstrators choked on the gas and seven were injured by rubber bullets, including Israeli activist Ilan Shalev.

The demonstrators managed to reach the area near the wall, where the Israeli occupation soldiers brutally beat the crowds using batons.

The People's Committee of Bil'in denounced the "barbaric violence" used by the Israeli occupation forces to quell the demonstration.

Four Palestinians injured by Israeli occupation forces in Wall protest south of Bethlehem 

Saturday September 01, 2007 02:42 by Najeeb Farraj – IMEMC saed at imemc dot org

Four Palestinians were injured after Israeli occupation forces attacked a non- violent protest against the Annexation Wall in Al-Ma’sar village, south of Bethlehem on Friday. Dozens of international peace activists also participated in the protest which also marked the six anniversary of the assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

The procession was called for by the PFLP in cooperation with the Anti-Wall Committee in villages located south of Bethlehem.

The protesters marched in the streets of the village, and headed towards an area close to Efrat settlement, where the army is digging to install the Wall on Palestinian lands.

They chanted slogans against the illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall, against the Israeli occupation of Palestine and calling for resisting the occupation and its annexation plans.

When the protesters reached an area near Efrat, Israeli occupation forces attacked and punched several residents and activists, and four residents suffered cuts and bruises.

One international peace activist was detained and was released later on.

Mohammad Buraijiya, one of the members of the PFLP, addressed the protesters, and commemorated Abu Ali Mustafa who was assassinated by the Israeli army in 2001.

Buraijiya stated that Israel is attacking the people, their lands and their trees, and that the Palestinians will remained in their land, steadfast against the ongoing Israeli occupation forces aggression.

Jom’a Zawahra delivered a speech on behalf of Fateh movement, and said that the Palestinians will continue their struggle until liberations and until establishing an independent Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital.

Translated by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC

 

 

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Note to Readers:

The Israeli settlements as well as the Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall in the Palestinian occupied territories have been built illegally on confiscated Palestinian lands. These represent a major violation of international law, Geneva Conventions, and they obstruct reaching a peaceful resolution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The Israeli occupation forces abduct and kidnap Palestinians from their homes and at checkpoints, on daily basis. Most media refer to these abductions and kidnappings as arrests, which is inaccurate and not true as the Israeli occupation government has no jurisdiction over Palestinian citizens inside their own territories.

Further, when Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian civilians, particularly when the victims are women and children, this should be referred to as an act of terrorism, and perpetrators should be described as terrorists.

Since the end of the second intifadha in 2005, not a single Israeli civilian was killed by Palestinian resistance organizations. However, Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces, almost on daily basis.

Note to Journalists:

Any journalist who does not describe this as terrorism is biased, unfair, not objective, and a participant in terrorizing the Palestinian people, so the Israeli occupation of Palestine can continue endlessly.

Note to Translators:

The Arabic definite article, Al (or its variant, El) should be written with a hyphen separating it from the noun it is associated with, for example Al-Aqsa. If a hyphen is not used, as in Al Aqsa, it confuses non-Arabic readers. They may think that it is an abbreviation of the name Albert, as many Americans do.

The Arabic definite article Al (or El) should be written as such, whether it is Shamsiyah or Qamariyah in pronunciation, simply because we are dealing with the written form of the language, not the spoken one. Using the Shamsiyah so many forms in writing is inaccurate and confusing to non-Arabic readers, to say the least.

Only standard (fasih) pronunciation of Arabic names should be used. Non-standard ('ammi)  should be avoided avoided. Example: Names like Abu Sunainah, Abu Rudainah, and Abu Shebak are written by some translators in the non-standard forms of Abu Snainah, Abu Rdainah, and Abu Shbak.

The standard pronunciation of the vowel at the end of names is (a), not (e), particularly if it is followed by (h), like in the cases of Haniyah and Rudainah, not Haniyeh and Rudaineh.

The standard pronunciation of vowels in the following names is (ai), not (ei) as written by  some translators: Hussain, not Hussein and Hassanain, not Hassanein.

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