Pictures from a demonstration in Iraq Burin, a village outside Nablus where land has been confiscated for the building of settlements. Unlike the villages of Bil'in and Nilin who have been organizing for years, the people of Iraq Burin just started demonstrating regularly in the past few weeks. Yesterday there were about 150 people, with some 25 internationals. The action quickly turned violent with soldiers firing rubber coated steel bullets, possibly live ammo, and long range tear gas missiles (not the rubber canisters they normally fire in Bil'in). Boys were throwing stones. Thirty soldiers were attacking us from the hills. The terrain is rougher here than in Bil'in. I tripped and fell as we were running away from continuos volleys of gas and fire.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Pictures from a demonstration in Iraq Burin, a village outside Nablus where land has been confiscated for the building of settlements. Unlike the villages of Bil'in and Nilin who have been organizing for years, the people of Iraq Burin just started demonstrating regularly in the past few weeks. Yesterday there were about 150 people, with some 25 internationals. The action quickly turned violent with soldiers firing rubber coated steel bullets, possibly live ammo, and long range tear gas missiles (not the rubber canisters they normally fire in Bil'in). Boys were throwing stones. Thirty soldiers were attacking us from the hills. The terrain is rougher here than in Bil'in. I tripped and fell as we were running away from continuos volleys of gas and fire.
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