West Bank. 20th September, 2015. Israeli soldiers charge into the Palestinian West Bank neighbourhood of Bir'ona during a demonstration there against the Israeli government's policy of land confiscations. For the past several weeks Palestinians have come together to protest in the Palestinian West Bank neighborhood of Bir'ona against the Israeli government's policy of land confiscation in the West Bank. Credit: PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live News
Israeli soldiers charge into the Palestinian West Bank neighbourhood of Bir'ona during a demonstration there against the Israeli government's policy of land confiscations. For the past several weeks Palestinians have come together to protest in the Palestinian West Bank neighborhood of Bir’ona against the Israeli government’s policy of land confiscation in the West Bank. Palestinians of all faiths, including Muslim and Christian have been coming every Sunday to land that is in the process of being appropriated by the Israeli government in order to continue building the cement wall in and around the West Bank. Earlier in 2015, the Israeli High Court overturned a previous decision that would have protected the land in Bir’ona, which belongs to the Church from being used as a buffer zone and as the area where the security barrier was planning to be built. However, with the court’s new decision, the Israeli government has begun seizing land around Bir’ona, including land belonging to Palestinian Christians. If the land is fully appropriated, many olive groves owned by Palestinian farmers will be inaccessible to them, as well as Church land which is has a monastery on it as well as vineyards. (Photo by Anna Ferensowicz / Pacific Press)
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