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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Rally addresses Israeli soldiers, asks them to stop protecting settlers

PPP at Azzun Atma barrier [MaanImages Archive]

Ma'an
The Palestine People’s Party staged a rally against the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank [Paletinian territory] village of Azzun Atama for the second week in a row Friday.

The rally was attended by dozens of members of the party including Nael Selmi, member of the central committee, in addition to international peace activists.

Nael Selmi delivered a speech to Israeli soldiers preventing the group from accessing village lands, and asked them to leave Palestinian land, as well as to stop protecting settlers and those constructing settlements. Full story
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