Palestinians Organize a Protest to Confirm Palestinian Sovereignty over Land
On Wednesday 14th November, Palestinians and international activists organized a protest to assure that Palestinians has sovereignty over the land and that they support the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the PA’s bid to the UN.
Strong confrontations launched between Israeli forces and the protesters who tried to control the main streets in all the governorates in the Palestinian territories and close them in front of settlers.
Israeli soldiers started to suppress the protesters in a very brutal mean, as they attacked protesters and severely beat some of them using wooden sticks and guns to separate the participants.
In Ramallah, a number of protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers at Atara checkpoint.
Media sources reported that the Governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, and number of Muslim and Christian leaders were injured after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs toward them. The injured were transferred to Ramallah hospitals for treatment.
Clashes also launched in Sanjel and Tarmsa’ya villages and other areas in the northern governorates of the West Bank. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs toward the protesters in an attempt to separate them.
In Bethlehem Governorate, Protesters also controlled al-Anfaq Street near Beit Jala, a street leads to Jerusalem; they headed to the checkpoint, sat on the street and raised banners which read, “The Israeli occupation must end” and “Settlers must be expelled.”
Coordinator of Palestinian National Youth Week, Munther Abu Amirah, said in an interview with our reporter that these events will continue until the expulsion of the Israeli occupation from the Palestinian territories, stressing that this land is a Palestinian land and the occupation and settlers must leave.
He also said that these events represent a message to the whole world that Palestinians are determined to end the Israeli occupation, adding that these events come on the Anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which ensures that our people will continue to struggle until gaining its freedom and independence.
