Al-Walaja village resists construction of the Apartheid Wall

4 August 2010

This morning in Al-Walaja local Palestinian residents supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists nonviolently resisted the construction of the Apartheid Wall by blocking the work of a bulldozer.

Of the sixty protestors, fourteen people were arrested – six Palestinians and eight internationals.

Three were also injured as Israeli police forcefully and violently removed protestors from their blockade of the Caterpiller bulldozer, beating them with their rifle butts. One of the injured was a seven year old child. Numerous other people suffered chemical burns when the police used pepper spray on them.

The bulldozer was clearing ground to make way for construction of the Apartheid Wall which Israel continues to construct despite the ruling by the International Court of Justice ruling on July 9^th 2004 that it was illegal and should be dismantled.

This evening those arrested were reportedly released and making their way home.