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The wall of shameSunday 20 Oct 2002
author: ISM
Jayous, Qalqilya
Palestinians of Jayous Village have been protesting the illegal
confiscation of the destruction of their precious farmland full of
beautiful olive groves. The Israeli contractors have failed to provide legal work orders from the Israeli High Courts for the construction of the Israeli Wall of Apartheid.
Palestinian villagers were accompanied by the ISM team to protest the illegal work activity. ISM members defied orders to make way for the bulldozers that were on their way to uproot the olive trees and farmland. One ISM member Tom Winston from the Settle area was arrested then released a few hours later just for the mere fact he stood in the way of the private security officials and in the way of the Israeli Occuptaion Forces. ISM members and Palestinians stood their ground even when the IOF threw 12-15 tear gas canisters directly at the crowd and 3 sound bombs.
The IOF began shooting into the air and even aimed their guns into the crowd causing the crowd to panic. Two Palestinian males have been arrested for not following unofficial orders to clear the site so that the bulldozers
can complete the destruction of the land that most likely belongs to the two men arrested. Ehab Khaled (21 years old), and Fadi Khaled (17 years old) were the two men illegally arrested for protecting their farmlands.
Bulldozers have now begun the destruction of the olive groves,
Palestinians and the ISM team are surrounding many other untouched olive trees to keep them from being uprooted by the Israeli Forces.
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