scores of villagers from Nil'in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday midday, held their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the village's land.

Friday February 20, 2009

At noon, the Palestinians and other international and Israeli demonstrators held Friday prayers near the village lands, and then proceeded to march towards the land being confiscated by Israel.

Demonstrators carried banners calling for national unity and demanded an end to the Israeli occupation.  

As soon as locals and their international supporters arrived to the village where Israel is building the wall, soldiers showered them with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. four were treated for gas inhalation.

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