IMEMC = by Katherine Orwell
If you are facing a heavily armed army and you yourself are without weapons you have to find creative ways to ‘fight’ your enemy and bring out its weaknesses, even Gandhi knew this already.
Last Friday the weekly non-violent march against the Israeli wall and settlements in the village of al-Ma’sara was enlightened with the presence of brides and grooms, in celebration of a local couple that got married on the same day in al-Ma’sara.
Hundreds of people joined in the march, that was stopped at the entrance of the village by the Israeli army that had put up a road block. Gathering in front of the barbed wire which separated them from the rows of soldiers and military jeeps, demonstrators shouted slogans and gave short speeches in Arabic, Hebrew and English, that were met with loud cheers and applause by the crowd…
…The brides and grooms seemed to have disappeared for a while from the demonstration, but later popped up behind the line of soldiers, as they had exited the village through an alternative route. As they approached the road block the couples were cheered on by all the protesters…
As the couples tried to cross the barbed wire to join the crowd of protesters, soldiers surged forward toward the larger crowd, beating those trying to break through and knocking protestors to the ground. The Israeli army arrested three Israeli activists, dragging them back to waiting jeeps before reforming their line… Full story
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