Dear friends,
please find below photos and an article on the direct action protest which took place yesterday in the Occupied West Bank to dismantle an Israeli roadblock at Walaja. My friend Manal Tamimi from the village of Nabi Saleh reported that three Palestinian activists, including my friend Naji Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, along with Abdulah Abu Rahmeh and Mohammed Khatib from Bil'in were arrested and detained by the IOF on their way to the action. They were detained for more than four hours before they were finally released.
in solidarity, Kim
**
Palestinian activists, accompanied by international supporters, descended on an Israeli military roadblock in the Palestinian village of Al Walaja at noon Thursday, quickly dismantling it before Israeli forces could arrive on the scene.
The activists used a sledge hammer to break the lock on a steel gate
blocking the road between Al Walaja and the bordering village of Beit
Jala. The gate had been installed by the Israeli military in the past
year to prevent movement between the two Palestinian villages at the
location where the Israeli separation wall will eventually be built.
Activists used the leverage provided by the now-open gate to shift
the massive concrete block on which it was anchored, eventually sending
the entire apparatus tumbling down the steep hillside. The group then
made a quick getaway, leaving the site before a single member of Israeli
forces could arrive to interfere.
Read part 7 of Haggai Matar’s Wall project: Al-Walaja - A village turned prison
Some participants even drove through the newly opened road, passing through Beit Jala land, including the Cremisan monastery, that will be even further divided by the separation wall if it is built as planned. Many of the activists who participated in this action were attending the Bil’in International Popular Resistance Conference, taking place this week.
Activists
celebrate their victory before quickly vacating the scene before
Israeli forces arrive. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
please find below photos and an article on the direct action protest which took place yesterday in the Occupied West Bank to dismantle an Israeli roadblock at Walaja. My friend Manal Tamimi from the village of Nabi Saleh reported that three Palestinian activists, including my friend Naji Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, along with Abdulah Abu Rahmeh and Mohammed Khatib from Bil'in were arrested and detained by the IOF on their way to the action. They were detained for more than four hours before they were finally released.
in solidarity, Kim
**
PHOTOS: Palestinian activists dismantle Israeli roadblock
By Activestills
Palestinian activists, accompanied by international supporters, descended on an Israeli military roadblock in the Palestinian village of Al Walaja at noon Thursday, quickly dismantling it before Israeli forces could arrive on the scene.
Palestinian
and International activists remove a gate built by the Israeli army
blocking the road between the village of Al Walaja and the West Bank
town of Beit Jala, October 3, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick
Beiler/Activestills.org)
Activists
use the leverage of the opened gate to shift the concrete block on
which it is mounted toward the edge of the hillside. (photo: Oren
Ziv/Activestills.org)
Read part 7 of Haggai Matar’s Wall project: Al-Walaja - A village turned prison
Some participants even drove through the newly opened road, passing through Beit Jala land, including the Cremisan monastery, that will be even further divided by the separation wall if it is built as planned. Many of the activists who participated in this action were attending the Bil’in International Popular Resistance Conference, taking place this week.
Palestinian
and international activists move the roadblock inch by inch toward the
edge of the hill. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
The block and gate tumble down the hillside in a cloud of dust as the activists cheer. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Activists
celebrate their victory before quickly vacating the scene before
Israeli forces arrive. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
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