Clashes during West Bank barrier protest
- 12 years ago
Clashes break out between protesters and Israeli soldiers at the construction site for a controversial barrier in the West Bank.
Around 200 Palestinian and international protesters took part in the protest with Israeli soldiers using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them.
Israel started building the proposed 720km barrier - a mix of metal fencing, barbed wire and concrete walls - in 2002 following a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings.
The Israeli government calls it a ''security fence" and says it is vital to stop further bombings.
Palestinians however call it an apartheid wall and says it amounts to a land grab.
In 2004, the International Court of Justice in the Hague declared the proposed barrier illegal.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters
Around 200 Palestinian and international protesters took part in the protest with Israeli soldiers using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them.
Israel started building the proposed 720km barrier - a mix of metal fencing, barbed wire and concrete walls - in 2002 following a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings.
The Israeli government calls it a ''security fence" and says it is vital to stop further bombings.
Palestinians however call it an apartheid wall and says it amounts to a land grab.
In 2004, the International Court of Justice in the Hague declared the proposed barrier illegal.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters