Protests against the lsraeli security wall - Bilin

After five years of protests against the wall, weekly Friday protests continue, attended by Israelis, international anarchists and Palestinians from the West Bank. One of the focal points is the
village of Bilin, Palestine.

In 2004, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an advisory ruling that the barrier is illegal and should be removed where it did not follow the Green Line, the internationally recognized
boundary between the West Bank and Israel.

The High Court of Israel has also ruled that where the barrier does not adhere to what is known in Israel as the “Green Line” and it should be moved. This ruling has yet to be implemented.

Israel says the barrier was established to stop Palestinian suicide bombers entering from the West Bank.

Damage costing hundreds of thousands of shekels has been done to the fence and Israeli soldiers have been injured in the past years.

"They go to the fence and tear it down, then we have no choice but to show up and defend the fence. And then they start throwing rocks."

Live ammunition is used only "rarely", in cases of "life and death for our forces", says an Israeli spokesperson.

But the Bilin organisers deny trying to damage the fence, although a few sympathetic blog posts mention the use of wire cutters.

Photos By - Yonatan Sindel