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<p><strong>Those arrested included Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protesting against the construction of a barrier</strong></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>Israeli army troops have arrested 11 people after clashes erupted during a demonstration in Walaja, a village in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Those arrested included Israeli, Palestinian and international activists who were protesting against the construction of Israel&#8217;s separation barrier.</p>
<p>The International Middle East Media Centre (IMEMC) reported that the Israeli soldiers fired gas and sound bombs at non-violent protesters.</p>
<p>“The soldiers pursued the protesters when they began to leave, throwing sound bombs at them, according to eye witnesses,” IMEMC said.</p>
<p>An Israel army spokesperson said: &#8220;Some 80 Palestinian and Israeli activists hurled stones at Israeli forces who dispersed them with riot control gear. Eleven were arrested and the crowd dispersed.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Grassroots Jerusalem group, who supported the protest organised by the “Popular Committee” in the village, said in a press release that the demonstration was “calling for Israel to cease causing Palestinian homelessness and ongoing internal displacement as part of its settlement expansion programme”.</p>
<p>“They were all needlessly detained, handcuffed and blindfolded for many hours” and “then summarily released without even a court hearing being necessary”, a member of Grassroots Jerusalem told Al Jazeera.</p>
<p>The International Court of Justice in the Hague has deemed the separation barrier illegal.</p>
<p>The barrier loops around Israeli settlements and Palestinians say it is a land grab that will cut them off from the agricultural fields they use to make a living.</p>
<p>Israel began building the separation barrier in 2002 and it is planned to extend for about 790km.</p>
<p><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201181017651426655.html">Source</a></p>
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