Friday, October 15 demo, Bil'in, Palestine -Today's demonstration against the wall, organized by the Popular Committee of Bil'in, was joined by about 100 local residents , Israeli activists and internationals. As the group moved peacefull y towards the site of the wall, they chanted to free Palestinian political prisoners, including Abdulah Abu Rahme and Adib Abu Rahman who were arrested last year for their leadership of the poplar resistance in Bil'in. Abdullah's two young daughters marched with the crowd, carrying posters calling for the release of their father. Demonstrators carrying the Palestinian flag crossed through the gate to confront the awaiting soldiers with the simple question, "What are you doing here?" Among the internationals were groups from University of Oslo in Norway, from Germany, Japan and the United States and from , france . When the soldiers tired of the presence of people demanding access to the agricultural lands belonging to Bil'in farmers, they began firing tear gas. The hot gas canister ignited fires in the dry olive orchards, which residents hurried to extinguish to protect the trees from damage. For a while it was possible to avoid the gas, but eventually it became too much, and the demonstrators had to retreat to the village. It is a victory for the people every time they mobilize, without guns, to demand justice an end to a wall that separates them from their ancestral lands and from the possibility of living peacefully with Israel.
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