Israeli soldiers attack peaceful demonstration by monitor 10:51am Tue Jul 29 '03 A peaceful demonstration organised to protest against the continued construction of the Israeli "security fence" has been attacked by scores of heavily armed Israeli soldiers. print article A peaceful demonstration organised to protest against the continued construction of the Israeli "security fence" has been attacked by scores of heavily armed Israeli soldiers. The protest was held at the fence in the northern West Bank at Anin, near Jenin. Members of the Popular Committees Against the Wall, the Palestinian National Initiative, The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and more than 30 "Israeli activist against the wall" and the Israeli coexistence group Tayyoush participated in the demonstration, held in front of one section of the two meter high electrified fence. The non-violent nature of the demonstration was shattered when the Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the unarmed demonstrators. Six people were wounded, including Thomas Bacon from Texas and Andrew Dickie from Scotland who was shot in the thigh and abdomen; another American, one Israeli and two Palestinians had to receive medical treatment. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative who participated in the demonstration and made a speech reported, "The soldiers attacked us after we hung a map of the apartheid wall on the fence itself. The map shows how the Israeli government is stealing even more land from the Palestinians with the construction of this supposed security wall. However, we are not even permitted to demonstrate peacefully without coming under attack". www.palestinemonitor.org/updates/update_... add your comments

according to 'Haaretz' by 123 11:43am Tue Jul 29 '03 print comment according to 'Haaretz' the soldiers started to fire rubber bullets and tear gas only after "...about 300 protesters gathered on both sides of the barrier and tried to tear down a gate in the fence." so I guess someone is lying... I wander who. add your comments

Even Haaretz can make mistakes by John Veldhuis 12:04pm Tue Jul 29 '03 print comment " The demonstrators approached the fence from the Palestinian side, by a gate intended to enable the villagers of Anin reach their lands, which were left on the Israeli side of the fence. But the gate remained blocked. The protesters began cutting the barbed wire with fence cutters. " The three lies (on uttered twice): "a gate intended to enable the villagers of Anin reach their lands" Israel never intended to enable the villagers to reach their land. Or else the gate could have opened. "the Israeli side " I am not sure about the location of this specific piece, but only something ON the green line has an Israeli side. "of the fence" It is a ^%^&$%&&* WALL!!! http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/07/1631024.html add your comments

but what abouut MB ? by 123 1:52pm Tue Jul 29 '03 print comment what about MB who described an attempt to destroy teh fence\gate as a peaceful demonstration ? did he knowingly lie ? is he doing it all the time ? add your comments

Tear the wall down, please by John Veldhuis 2:04pm Tue Jul 29 '03 print comment There was no attempt to destroy the wall. How could unarmed people non-violently destroy a wall defended by the Israeli Army? You must be joking... There was an attempt to open a gate, the opening of which Israel has been promising since it was established, but has never performed. The goal of the demonstration was to symbolically force open the gate in the Apartheid Wall, which separates the village of Anin from over 11,000 dunams/2,750 acres of its land. An Israeli wall has no place on Palestinian Territory. It's presence there constitutes an act of violence and terrorism against the Palestinian people, as does the presence of Israeli settlements/settlers on Palestinian soil. add your comments

Why Lie Mr. Baragouti ? by David 2:13pm Tue Jul 29 '03 print comment Mr. Baragouthi, You have a valid claim: Israel has built a fence that robs Palestinian framers from access to their land. You know that such an access is needed only toward the olive picking time. The farmers will need to clean the brush under the trees so that they can put the matterss on which they let the olives fall. This is in September not now. You know that the demo was not "peaceful" - the army again and again made warning and only shot after the tear gas prevented the ISMers from cutting the fence. So why lie Mr. Baragouthi ? You have a valid claim - why don't you stick to it ? Or maybe you do not care about the issue and all you care about is scoring PR points in the propaganda war against Israel ? In this war every lie is a valid weapon? How can we trust anything else you say when we saw on TV (including El-Gazira) exactly what occurred in Anin ? Why lie Mr. Baragouthi ? add your comments

Correction by Previous poster 2:15pm Tue Jul 29 '03 print comment Of course the tear gas did not prevent the ISMers from cutting the fence and this is why the army had to shot the rubber bullets. As much as we are against the route of the fence there is no need to turn this into violent action. violence is not just guns. add your comments