<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Bil&#8217;in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli&nbsp;troops]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail">Saturday February 05, 2011 12:18</span><span class="article-detail"> by Saed Bannoura &#8211; IMEMC News</span></span></p>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>Several hundred Palestinians, along  with international and Israeli supporters, gathered in the village of  Bil&#8217;in on Friday for their weekly non-violent protest. This week&#8217;s  protest called for national unity, and in solidarity with the Tunisian  and Egyptian uprisings. Israeli troops attacked the march with tear gas  and concussion grenades.</p></blockquote>
<p class="photo"><a name="attachment36501"></a> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/attachments/feb2011/bilin.jpg"><img class="summary-image" title="Click on image to see full-sized version" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.imemc.org/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2011/460_0___10000000_0_0_0_0_0_bilin.jpg" alt="Protesters hold sign: &quot;From Bil'in to Tahrir Square [Egypt], the people will decide their own fate&quot;" width="460" height="307" /></a><br />
Protesters hold sign: &#8220;From Bil&#8217;in to Tahrir Square [Egypt], the people will decide their own fate&#8221;</p>
<p class="article">After  mid-day prayers Friday, the villagers gathered at the center of Bil&#8217;in,  and began marching toward the site of construction of the Israeli  Annexation Wall on village land. The protesters carried banners and  chanted slogans in solidarity with the people of Egypt. They waved both  Palestinian and Egyptian flags, and called for national unity among all  Palestinians. In addition, they chanted for an end to the Israeli  military occupation of their land, and called on Israeli authorities to  carry out the order of the Israeli High Court to change the route of the  Wall from the current site.</p>
<p>When the march drew near to the site of the Israeli Wall &#8211; which is  constructed on land belonging to the people of Bil&#8217;in &#8211; the Israeli  troops stationed there began firing several dozen rounds of tear gas and  concussion grenades toward the demonstrators. A number of the  demonstrators suffered from asphyxiation, and had to be treated by  ambulance crews nearby.</p>
<p>A statement issued by protest organizers included the following points:  &#8220;1- We salute the Egyptian and Tunisian people and reiterate the  nation’s right to live in freedom and pride. 2- We call for national  unity and the preservation of civil peace, and to protect the home front  and tolerance among all segments of society, and to deal with  conspiracies and foreign projects in order to pass this historic stage  successfully. 3- We hope that the rebelling Arab people make it their  priority to demand from any government or leadership to come to sever  their ties with the Israeli occupation and abandon the Egyptian &#8211;  Israeli peace treaty.</p>
<p>&#8220;We believe it would be better to direct the masses towards the Israeli  embassies and interests as an alternative to targeting the capabilities  of the Egyptian people and the headquarters of its security. 4- We call  on all free nations in the world, especially Europe and the U.S., to get  out in massive demonstrations on the 11th of February 2011 to confirm  the right of peoples to live in freedom and dignity &#8212; a day of anger  against the Israeli occupation of Arab land, and as a beginning of the  Global Intifada. The Peoples Committee also condemns the arrest of many  children in the past few days and demands their immediate release.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/60582">Bil&#8217;in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops &#8211; International Middle East Media Center</a>.</p>
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