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24.01.2011
Dima Vazinovich
Демонстрации против разделительного забора
Since January 2005, the village (billin) has been organizing weekly protests against the construction of the barrier.
The protestors arrive with gas masks and shout chants including “Israel is a fascist state!” Arab boys fling stones at the soldiers from a position not among but to the right of the protestors. The weekly protests, which last a few minutes,
The regular clashes here came more sharply into the international spotlight when an American protester named Tristan Anderson was struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces. The impact caused massive damage to his frontal lobe, and to his eye. Even after several brain surgeries, the 38 year old Anderson is being kept in a medically induced coma in a Tel Aviv hospital.[17] In June 2005 an Israeli soldier lost an eye after being hit by a rock thrown by a demonstrator. and 2 more village citizens died cause of the tear gas inhaling.
21.1.11 Billin
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