Protesters cross barbed wire to reach lands [had been prevented from entering their land for 2 years]

Ma’an – Protestors in Al-Ma’sara reached lands that they had been prevented from entering for two years during the weekly rally after Friday prayers attended by dozens of residents of the village and international peace activists.

The rally marked the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba, an Arabic word meaning catastrophe which marks the displacement of some 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

On Friday, demonstrators tore through barbed wire to reach their land. A group of French peace activists were on hand to support the villagers in their protests against Israel's wall, which cuts through privately owned Palestinian land.