The Weekly Demonstration in jayyous Village

large demonstration against the Wall was held in Jayyous on December 26,with about 120 people, mostly youth, protesting against the new path ofIsrael's Wall that will permanently confiscate nearly 6,000 dunums ofvillage land. The demonstration, which lasted for nearly five hours,resulted in several injuries to villagers, international solidarityactivists, and four Israeli soldiers. At 1:00 in the afternoon, the protestors began to march from the centerof the village, to the south gate of the Wall, which is the area that isslated to be re-routed. As they marched, Israeli forces stormed thevillage and declared a closed military zone until tomorrow. This wasfollowed violent clashes between the youths of the village and Israelisoldiers at the gate of the apartheid wall.Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers had prevented a number offoreign peace activists from entering the village grounds after it wasdeclared a closed military zone, with soldiers on the roads leading tothe wall and gate, and took Jayyous resident Bahjat Jayousi in custody fora few hours.The scores of young men from the village, had set off after Friday prayersspontaneously towards the gate in the barrier built on their land,individual soldiers fired heavy barrages of tear gas and sound towardsyoung people.The fighting escalated when a contingent of soldiers stormed the villageand the occupation pursued the young into the village and fired rubberbullets and live sound grenades.There are still clashes in the village to the moment, as soldiers areraiding houses in search of young people. Seven youths were injured by rubber bullets today, two in the legs, andanother in the head.
Mohammad Othman .