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Non-Violent Protests Against West Bank Barrier Turn Increasingly Dangerous

Israeli soldiers watch as a Palestinian demonstrator flees from teargas fired by the soldiers during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in Bilin, March 2009. More than 40 people were injured when Israeli troops clashed with activists protesting against the controversial West Bank separation barrier. (AFP/File/Abbas Momani)

BIL'IN - It began calmly enough with a march down the high street after midday prayers at the mosque. Palestinian villagers were surrounded by dozens of foreigners singing and waving flags. They turned and headed out to the olive-tree fields and up towards the broad path of Israel's West Bank barrier. There, behind a concrete hilltop bunker, the Israeli soldiers looked down on them.

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