A 26-year-old German solidarity activist was injured with a rubber bullet in the back in the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) quelling of the Bil’in weekly march to the west of Ramallah on Friday.
Eyewitnesses reported that clashes broke out between the IOF soldiers and the demonstrators during the march that was organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
The participants raised Palestinian flags and roamed the streets of the village chanting slogans and songs calling for achieving national unity and resisting the Israeli occupation.
Media coordinator of the Popular Committee Against Wall and Settlements Rateb Abu Rahma said that the anti-settlement weekly marches of Bil’in which started 13 years ago will never be stopped by Israel’s killing and arrest campaigns.
He affirmed that the people of Bil’in have managed with their strong determination and steadfastness to restore more than 1200 dunums of land that were confiscated to serve Israeli settlement projects.
Meanwhile in Qalqilya the IOF quelled the anti-settlement weekly march of Kafr Qaddum which demanded opening the village’s road that has been closed for 14 years.
Coordinator of the Popular Resistance in Kafr Qaddum Murad Shtewi said that the IOF soldiers broke into the village attacked the protesters with rubber-coated metal bullets and set up ambushes in different locations yet no injuries or arrests were reported.
The peaceful demonstration was launched following Friday prayer with the participation of Palestinian citizens and a number of foreign and Israeli peace activists.
