Troops attack a nonviolent protest near Bethlehem: two women injured
Friday January 16, 2009 15:15
by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News
Scores of villagers from AL Ma'ssara located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem conducted their weekly protest on Friday.
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The villagers gathered at the village entrance then marched towards their lands where the army is building the illegal wall.
The protesters demanded the halt of the Israeli attacks on Gaza and waved Palestinian flags. Troops stopped them from reaching the location of the wall and assaulted them with batons.
Local sources reported that two women from the village where lightly injured by the Israeli troops. The march ended shortly after speeches were delivered by the local organizers.
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