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Monday, July 13, 2009

Fox News reporter teargassed in Bil'in

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Every week for the last several years, Palestinians from the village of Bilin, accompanied by Israeli and international supporters, have turned out to non-violently protest the Israeli separation barrier that has been built on their land. As with many other areas along the barrier’s path, the barrier in Bilin imposes enormous hardships upon Palestinian residents, separating them from some 60 percent of their farming land in order to create a perimeter around the nearby Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit.

Yesterday, Fox News reporter Reena Ninan was gassed by Israeli troops, along with the rest of the demonstrators.

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