Israel-Palestine, Summary of media reports on the activities against the wall

Thursday was a high intensity day of struggle. One reporter who write
on the activities tell what the "Israeli leftist activists" (who are
really from the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative) say.
"From their testimony come that they were not present in Bidu when the first two
Palestinian were killed - they came after the killing of Palestinians was reported.
In the article he quote Jonathan Polak who saw in his eyes when an army sniper shoot
in the head a Palestinian who bent to pick a stone.
The reporter give Jonathan opinion that the confrontations in connection with
the wall building brought the Palestinian struggle back to the first Intifada
mode of mass struggle.

In the next article of the same Haaretz daily, another reporter put the
struggle of the last few days in context. He says that it was sporadic
and local till the confrontation of 26th of December last year (The second
direct action of the Anarchists Against The Wall) in which Gil Naamati
was (purposefully hit and) seriously injured by Israeli soldiers (while
harming the fence near Budrus). From then on and especially after repeated
mass clashes near Budrus succeeded to stop the work on the wall as result
of diplomatic presur they initiated, the Palestinian Authority shifted
its focus.
(The Reporter miss the fact that the continuous involvement of Israeli people
together with the local villagers tipped the scales in both the Israeli public
opinion and the international arena. He also miss the fact that the joint
Israeli-Internationals-Palestinians direct actions came about after months
of less dramatic confrontation and a joint camp in the village of Masha.)


"Never doubt that a small and dedicated group of people can change the world....
by initiating a mass struggle".

report on Beit Suriq area struggle against the apartheid wall + TV news update.

Four Palestinians have been killed in the Beit Suriq area near Jerusalem
Thursday, after Mohammed Saleh Bedwan, 20, was shot in the head by Israeli
soldiers at approximately 3pm, in Biddu.
The shooting occurred in front of international activists, who reported
soldiers have been shooting randomly and also targeting ambulances.
The Israeli army has said there has been no use of live ammunition and
that only rubber-coated metal bullets have been used.
[But we seen it in the TV and the reporter who were ther reported
too that there were army snipers on the roof of a building they occupy
and we seen how they shoot and hit the two persons killed.I.S.]

Three Palestinians were killed earlier today as soldiers moved in on
protestors and stone-throwers demonstrating the construction of the barrier.

Zcharya Mahmoud Id, from Beit Ajza and Mohammed Rian, 30, from Beit
Daku, were shot by Israeli soldiers.

Another male reportedly died from a heart attack believed to be caused
by tear gas.

Fifty people are reportedly injured, while three protestors have been
arrested by plain clothes officers operating within the crowd.

Thursday marks the third day of demonstrations which have escalated in
violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians.
[With intimate participation of Internationals and Israelis (TV said
are from the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative). Today about 75
people were injured at the Bidu vilage clashes and others - including
Israelis were arested).


Palestinians in the area will lose almost 90% of their land to the
barrier, much of which is used for farming.

The Israeli government says the wall is for security, while Palestinians
claim it is simply a land grab.

www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/February/week4/022604/4%20killed.htm

[The Israelis involved call for a militant vigil Friday - same as last week.]