Al-Ma’asara villag protest against the wall and Israeli products

Friday September 12, 2008 13:41 by IMEMC Staff

Trrops attempt t hit IMEMC photographer with the Jeep

Under the slogan “Boycott Israeli Products,” the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in al-Ma’asara village near Bethlehem organized a protest on Friday, in which a number of the villagers, internationals, and Israelis participated.

Kids spilling Israeli products as a sign of protest in Al-ma'sara village (Photo: Rami Rishmawi-IMEMC)

Protestors carried Palestinian flags, and signs calling for boycotting Israeli products.  The protestors also declared the village, “Israeli-products free.

During the activity, protestors spilled Israeli products onto the street and destroyed them.  Israeli troops seized two protestors identified as Dr. Mohammad Odeh and Mazen al-Azza of the Palestinian Medical Relief Services.

The two were identified as Mazen al-Azza and Dr. Mohammad Odeh, of the Palestinian Medical Relief Services.

Eyewitnesses also reported that troops harassed al-Azza and Dr. Odeh and kept them standing under the sun for nearly two hours, and confiscated their identification cards.

The rest of protestors refused to leave the area before the troops released the two detained men, who were held for two hours.  The Israeli soldiers attempted to hit IMEMC photographer Rami Rishmawi and other protestors with a Jeep. 

Al-Azza told IMEMC that this demonstration was part of a campaign to encourage Palestinians to boycott Israeli products so that towns, cities and villages would be “Israeli-products free”. The protest is also part of the campaign to remove the wall that is stealing Palestinian land and killing Palestinian life, said al-Azza.

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