<?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[Non-violent marches attacked in at least 4 Palestinian&nbsp;towns]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div class="article-subtitledetails"><span class="article-details"> <span class="article-detail">Saturday April 02, 2011 14:49</span><span class="article-detail"> by Saed Bannoura &#8211; IMEMC News</span></span></div>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>Weekly non-violent anti-Wall protests  in a number of towns across the West Bank on Friday, including Bil&#8217;in,  Nil&#8217;in, al Ma&#8217;sara and Nabi Saleh, were attacked by Israeli forces  wielding tear gas and other &#8216;less-than-lethal&#8217; weapons. Three protesters  were injured when they were hit by high velocity tear gas canisters  fired at close range by Israeli soldiers.</p></blockquote>
<p class="photo"><a name="attachment36859"></a> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/attachments/apr2011/bilinteargassedpeople.jpg"><img class="summary-image" title="Click on image to see full-sized version" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.imemc.org/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/apr2011/460_0___10000000_0_0_0_0_0_bilinteargassedpeople.jpg" alt="Protesters teargassed at past Bil'in protest (image by activestills)" width="460" height="307" /></a><br />
Protesters teargassed at past Bil&#8217;in protest (image by activestills)</p>
<p class="article">The  protests on Friday commemorated Palestinian Land Day, the day in 1976  when Palestinians organized protests against Israeli confiscation of  their land, and six protesters were gunned down by Israeli troops.  Palestinians, along with supporters around the world, organize events  each year on Land Day to protest the ongoing Israeli confiscation and  annexation of Palestinian land.</p>
<p>According to a report from the Palestine News Network, in the village of  Bil’in, where anti wall protests have been organized for the past six  years, three men were injured when Israeli troops fired tear gas and  rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters. After the midday prayers in  the local mosque finished, villagers were joined by international and  Israeli peace activists and marched up the gate of the wall separating  villagers from their lands.</p>
<p>Troops stationed there opened fire at protesters injuring three. The men  sustained injuries when soldiers fired tear gas canisters directly at  them. Many others were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.</p>
<p>The nearby village of Ni&#8217;lin held a similar protest on Friday. After  conducting the Friday prayers on lands near the wall, villagers and  their supporters marched up to the gate of the wall separating local  farmers from their land. Israeli troops used tear gas and sound bombs to  force people back. Many were treated for the effects of tear gas  inhalation.</p>
<p>In the southern West Bank village of al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, Israeli  troops used tear gas to suppress the weekly protest against the wall.  Local politicians along with Israeli and international supporters joined  the villagers after the midday prays and marched to the lands where  Israel is building the wall.</p>
<p>Troops fired tear gas to force people back into the village; many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/60989">Source</a></p>
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