Yeah, if they are the agenda-pushing gays, illegals, global warmers, or CIA-assisted assets used for coups; otherwise, it's all people power.
"Israel backs down on security barrier near West Bank village; Section rerouted, marking victory for Palestinians" by Aron Heller, Associated Press / June 27, 2011
NAALIN CROSSING, West Bank — Israel began tearing down a section of its contentious West Bank separation barrier yesterday near a village that has come to symbolize Palestinian opposition to the enclosure, the military said.
Aka the apartheid wall.
The rerouting of the barrier marked a major victory for the residents of Bilin and the international groups that have backed their struggle. But they said it fell short of their demands to remove the structure from the village altogether and vowed to continue with their weekly protests.
That I rarely read about in my AmeriKan paper.
The dismantling of the section near Bilin comes four years after Israel’s Supreme Court ordered it torn down, rejecting the military’s argument that the section was necessary to secure the nearby Modiin Illit settlement. Planning and legal wrangling held up its removal until now.
Colonel Saar Tzur, the regional brigade commander, said the new route would give the military less response time in case of a potential infiltration. “This is a new threat, but we can handle it,’’ Tzur said....
Tzur, the military commander, called the protests acts of violence, and said he doubted they would cease even after Israel rerouted the barrier’s course because there was “big money involved’’ in backing the protesters....
Don't they realize they hurt their own case with such outrageous hyperbole?
Tzur said the changes will put some 140 acres back in Palestinian hands....
Israel began building the barrier in late 2002 to keep out Palestinian attackers amid a wave of suicide bombers targeting its cities. It says the structure is needed to keep militants from reaching Israeli population centers.
But the barrier juts into the West Bank, and critics say the route is designed to grab land that Palestinians want for a state. The barrier, when completed, is projected to swallow some 6 to 8 percent of the West Bank.
Bilin lost half its land to the barrier, and years of weekly protests there have frequently evolved into clashes between activists and Israeli troops....
The protests have become a ritual of sorts each Friday, making the once out-of-the-way farming village a fashionable cause among activists. Nobel Peace Prize recipients Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu are among the notables who have participated. The nearby village of Naalin started similar marches three years ago.
Related: Tutu's Trip to Gaza Censored by the US Media
President Carter Cries For Palestine
It's my all-time best seller.
The Bilin protests, attended by villagers as well as Israeli and international activists, usually involve marching, chanting, and throwing rocks at Israeli troops. Two Palestinians in Bilin and five in Naalin have died, and hundreds others have been wounded since the protests began in 2005.
In March 2009, Tristan Anderson, 38, of Oakland, Calif., was hit in the head with a tear gas canister during a West Bank protest. Anderson lost his right eye and suffered brain damage.
Related: 2009's Rachel Corrie
Dozens of Israeli troops and police also have been injured....
Yeah, poow Iswael, wah.
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