15 Nov 2009 10:20 AM



 

The International Solidarity Movement is reporting that eighteen demonstrators were arrested on Saturday in the West Bank village of Deir alGhussoun, north of Tulkarem, after Israel's Separation Wall was breached by Palestinian, Israeli and international activists.

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The protesters intended to march to village's lands that were left isolated behind the Wall, and managed to break open one of the barrier's gates.

The demonstrators managed to break the lock on the gate by rocking it back and forth, despite the presence of soldiers, but could not reach their lands, as they were being shot at with rubber-coated steel bullets and teargaW. One demonstrator was lightly injured after being struck with a rubber-coated bullet in the leg.

As the demonstration was coming to an end, a large group of soldiers surprised a group of the protesters by closing in on them from the direction of the village, and arrested eighteen of the village's youth.

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