Jerusalem, May 06: Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinian demonstrators and international activists protesting the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank.
The scuffles occurred on Thursday when the demonstrators sat in front of the armored bulldozers near the village of Wallaje in al-Quds (Jerusalem), trying to stop the Israeli forces, Reuters reported.
Palestinians have been regularly staging demonstrations against the “apartheid wall,” saying the land which is being confiscated by Israel to build the barrier on belongs to local Palestinian families.
Israel has been pushing ahead with the construction of the wall — whose course encompasses Israeli settlements in the West Bank — since 2002 under the pretext of “security fortification.”
The wall planned to run some 720 km (450 miles) across the West Bank isolates acres of Palestinian fruit orchards and olive grooves, inflicting a heavy blow to Palestine’s already crushing economy
Palestinians also charge the barrier is part of Tel Aviv’s attempt to annex or fragment territory Palestinians seek for their future Palestinian state.
The International court of Justice declared the planned barrier illegal but Israel has ignored the non-binding ruling.
——-Agencies