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Video Reports : Two Xmas Day Protests in the West Bank, Sheikh Jarrah & Bil'in![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No Room, No Inn : Only Tents in Sheikh Jarrah, Only Tear Gas in Bil'in In their creative, nonviolent resistance against the Apartheid Wall, for the Xmas Day protest, Bil'in's villagers decided on gifting the Israeli Occupation Forces manning the checkpoint at that obscenity a box of luxury sweets, the intention was for five Santas positioned well back from the Wall - so as to allay any IOF fears that they may be rocks to slingshot them, however, before it could transpire, the well humoured protestors were malevolently doused in a blizzard of tear gas and this continued and continued. Further away, down south in Sheikh Jarrah where the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem's Palestinians continues apace, the protestors were corraled opposite the mouth of the road where two illegally evicted Palestinian families are forced to camp, this protest was heartening in that the vast majority of the demonstrators were Israelis, some orthodox Jewish, deeply angered by what their government is doing in their name. Caption: Video Id: wNFFb8vKjoc Type: Youtube Video Caption: Video Id: S46XiwUUh6k Type: Youtube Video Caption: Video Id: jv5u1yx-PMw Type: Youtube Video |
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