International Solidarity Movement Nonviolence. Justice. Freedom.
13 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On July 13th villagers in the small town of Izbat Tabib wanted to protest against the illegal Israeli construction of barbed wire fences outside the village, preventing farmers from tending their lands and olive trees.
In the beginning of the afternoon, villagers and international activists gathered at the mayor’s house before the demonstration. Afterwards, the demonstration started and participants headed towards the barbed wire fences, not far from the village entrance. Here the villagers and activists from ISM helped each other tear down the fences, this continued for around half an hour, until the arrival of Israely military jeeps with about 20 soldiers. The cutting of the fences halted, and together the villagers and activists, prevented the entry of the soldiers into the village by means of peaceful singing and demands for Palestinian rights to their rightful
land.
