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Israeli Forces Disperse Palestinian Rally Over West Bank Barrier Using Tear Gas

© REUTERS / Mohamad TorokmanIsraeli forces aim their weapons during clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah July 24, 2017
Israeli forces aim their weapons during clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah July 24, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The suppression of the weekly Palestinians' protest against the West Bank barrier by the Israeli forces left dozens suffering from tear gas inhalation, local media reported Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Israeli troops used stun grenades and fired tear gas canisters against the demonstrators, including foreign activists in the village of Bilin in the West Bank where the so-called separation wall is located, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported.

The West Bank separation wall is a barrier constructed in the early 2000s along the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

The wall is considered by Israel as a security barrier against terrorism. The barrier's opponents among the Palestinians, in turn, call it a manifestation of racial segregation and claim that by the construction of the barrier Israel aims at annexing the Palestinian land under the pretext of security and undermines the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations by unilaterally establishing new borders.

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