'Santa' protests Israeli wall in Bil'in

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Bethlehem – Palestinians dressed as Santa Claus marched against Israel’s separation wall on Christmas day in the West Bank village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah.

Demonstrators carried a Christmas tree decorated with spent gas canisters and stun grenades fired by Israeli soldiers at previous demonstrations over the past five years.

Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at the Santa Clauses.

...the weapon-garnished tree was carried in support of Abdullah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Bil’in Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.

Rahmah is currently in an Israeli military prison and is being charged with weapons possession for creating an art exhibit out of discharged tear-gas canisters and stun grenades.

The Bil’in Popular Committee issued a statement calling for the release of anti-wall activists who have been detained in a recent wave of arrests...

Demonstrators also marched against the separation wall in the nearby village of Ni’lin.

Protesters hold demonstrations each Friday in Bil’in and Ni’lin, following the noon Muslim prayer, to protest the Israeli wall that severs residents of the villages from their lands. Full story