Weekly A-Ma'sara protest against the Wall
Friday August 29, 2008 13:58
by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

Around 100 internationals, Israeli peace activists and Palestinian villagers marched after the Friday prayers in Al-Ma'sara village near Bethlehem, in a nonviolent protest against the wall being built on village lands.

The Wall
Mazen Al-Azza, one of the local coordinators, told IMEMC that the protestors were able to reach the wall and remove the wire surrounding the wall's gate and enter the Israeli settlement behind it. Israeli troops dispersed the protest by beating the protestors, later on troops invaded the village and seized 8 French members of the international temporary presence in the village and released them after a couple of hours. The popular committee called for international and humanitarian intervention to stop the violation of human rights and international law by Israel, and the ongoing land-grab in the West Bank to build the wall and settlements.