Attaccata la manifestazione contro il muro ad Abu-Dis (Gerusalemme)
per vedere anche le foto:
http://www.tmcrew.org/int/palestina/stopthewall6.html
Migliaia di palestinesi insieme ai Tayush (movimento contro l'occupazione
palestino/israeliano) alla manifestazione contro il muro di separazione di
Gerusalemme, sono stati attaccati dall'esercito due minuti dopo la chiusura
del comizio.
Gas lacrimogeni, spari sulla folla, botte. Questo e' il primo bilancio
dell'attacco da parte dell'esercito sulla manifestazione davanti al muro
di Abu Dis - Gerusalemme.
Questa mattina davanti alla parte del muro di Gerusalemme era stato portato
l'autobus sul quale ieri e' avvenuto l'attentato che ha causato 8 vittime.
A detta di molti, una macabra e perversa messa inscena proprio nel giorno
della protesta internazionale contro il muro di separazione.
Nella parte est, ad Abu Dis, intanto migliaia di persone, palestinesi e
israeliani protestavano per chiedere la demolizione del muro che dividera'
per sempre questa citta' cosi' come tante altre citta' palestinesi.
La stampa internazionale era presente con decine di radio e televisioni per
documentare le manifestazioni. Le prime notizie sono di un giornalista che
mentre faceva le riprese e' crollato a terra in seguito agli spari delle
forze militari probabilmente un infarto.
La gente e' stata dispersa sotto gli spari e si ha notizia di due banche
palestinesi bruciate dalle forze dell'esercito israeliano.
Anche nelle altre citta' e villaggi palestinesi, Ramallah, Nablus, Kalkilia
Tulkarem, intanto si stanno tenendo altre proteste con la partecipazione
massiccia di palestinesi, israeliani e internazionali.
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Palestinians protest fence; Arafat: no peace while wall stands
By Amos Harel and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service
and Agencies
Six Border Police troops were wounded Monday afternoon in clashes with
anti-fence protestors in Abu Dis, on the outskirts of East Jerusalem. One
of the wounded sustained moderate injuries, while the others all had light
wounds.
The troops responded by firing percussion and tear gas grenades.
Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip marched in
protest against Israel's separation barrier Monday, and in some locations
were pushed back by Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Border Police troops
firing tear gas.
Palestinian schools and government offices let out early for the marches,
which coincided with world court hearings on the legality of the barrier.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia led a rally in his hometown of Abu
Dis, and told the crowd that barriers such as the one separating Abu Dis
from Jerusalem cannot guarantee security for Israel and would only breed
discontent.
"If you want peace, the path is known," he said, addressing Israelis. "If
you prefer violence, the path is known as well."
Earlier Monday, Yasser Arafat, speaking on live television less than an
hour before the International Court of Justice was to hear arguments on
legality of the West Bank barrier, urged Palestinians to "make their voices
heard" to the court.
The Palestinian Authority chairman urged Palestinians and "forces of peace
in Israel" to make their voices heard in protest aginst "this wall of
expansion and annexation."
IDF troops in a West Bank village fired tear gas at some 2,500 Palestinians
demonstrating as the court began its hearings, witnesses said.
They said the Palestinians were chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) as
soldiers used tear gas to drive them back from a section of the barrier in
the village of Deir Ghsun near Tul Karm close to the border with Israel.
Around 100 Palestinians were overcome by inhalation of the gas and fell to
the ground, while others began throwing stones at soldiers, according to a
Reuters journalist at the scene.
The IDF had no immediate comment. But it had deployed soldiers in force
along the 180 km (110 miles) of the barrier built so far after Palestinians
vowed rallies along its route to mark the International Court of Justice
hearing in The Hague.
Palestinians contended before the court that the barrier is an illegal bid
to annex land they seek for a viable state since it veers well into West
Bank territory and takes in settlements.
Israel says the barrier is a temporary security measure to keep out
Palestinian suicide bombers. It was boycotting the hearing, saying the
World Court was not competent to pronounce on what it saw as a "politically
motivated issue".
Israeli Arabs to demonstrate against wall
Israeli Arab political movements were also preparing Monday for
demonstrations against the separation fence. Protests and rallies were
expected during the day in 10 Arab localities in Israel.
Lawyers and jurists were planning to demonstrate Monday opposite the
section of fence completed several days ago between the Israeli town of
Baka al-Garbiyeh and the Palestinian village of Nazlat Issa.
The protest is organized by the umbrella organization for Arab NGOs in
Israel. The Supreme Follow Up Committee of Arab citizens will also
participate in the protest.
The Hadash-Ta'al party - which has three of its MKs in The Hague to
participate in public relations efforts against the fence - will
participate in a demonstration opposite the U.S. consulate in East
Jerusalem, and will also conduct rallies in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Nazareth,
Shfaram, Arabeh, Sakhnin, Taibeh, Umm al-Fahm and Kafr Yassif.
In his comments, Arafat rejected Israel's position that the barrier is a
temporary bulwark meant to keep out suicide bombers and not a new border,
saying it was designed to thwart a future Palestinian state by encroaching
well into Palestinian territory.
"No security and no peace can ever prevail between the Palestinian and
Israeli peoples, and even in the whole region in the shadow of this ...
expansionist and racist segregation wall," he said in a speech televised
worldwide.
Reading from a prepared text in his Muqata headquarters in Ramallah, he
said, of the barrier, which he called "this apartheid wall":
"This is another Berlin Wall... aimed at swallowing 58 percent of our [West
Bank] and transforming our towns and villages... into isolated ghettos
illegally controlled by occupation settlements and prevent us from
establishing our Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
"The wall has [already] transformed our towns and cities and villages into
prisons and collective detention camps," he said.
Protest marches against the barrier were planned across the West Bank and
Gaza Strip later Monday.
Israel says the barrier is a last line of defense against suicide bombers,
who have killed 463 people in 110 attacks in more than three years of
fighting.
On Sunday, a Palestinian bomber killed eight Israelis and wounded dozens on
a Jerusalem bus.
The Palestinians argue that the barrier is a land grab, and demand it be
taken down, or re-routed to follow the pre-1967 war Green Line border.
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