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Bringing Down The Wall in Bil’in
20 February 2010
Replacing liberation with demonstration, it has been five years since the protest against the Israeli apartheid barrier began in Bil’in. The Palestine Monitor was there at the fifth anniversary protest, and offers a first-hand account of how thirty meters of the barrier was torn down. All photographs were taken by Brady Ng.
- "Five Years Strong". Placards and flags handed out to demonstrators
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Israelis supporting Bil’in. The signs read: "Yes to the demolition of the wall and the barriers, and the evacuation of settlements, because it is the occupation". "Solidarity will triumph over occupation, poverty and repression." "Palestinians and Israelis struggling against the wall and the occupation."
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Is the demonstration a family-friendly event?
- Photo: Brady Ng
- The boy scouts of Bili’in
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Clown activists
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Approaching the barrier
- Photo: Brady Ng
- No tear gas. No sign of Israeli soldiers.
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Waiting. Watching.
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Tearing down the Israeli apartheid barrier
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Bringing it down.
- Photo: Brady Ng
- It falls
- Photo: Brady Ng
- A Palestinian presence atop an israeli military outpost
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Finally the soldiers appear. Everybody tries to run from the foul chemical known as "skunk". Shortly after this photograph was taken, the Palestine Monitor’s photographer, Brady Ng, was doused in one of the first blasts.
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Tear gas falls
- Photo: Brady Ng
- Palestinians have started to use plastic bags as makeshift gas masks. They are not always effective.
As the demonstration wound down, the israeli Army entered the village center of Bil’in. However, the army made no arrests.
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