Pacifists Gassed at West Bank Wall

Ramala, Palestine, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli pacifists were repressed with teargas and rubber bullets by Tel Aviv police Friday during a demonstration against the construction of the West Bank wall.

# Israel Reinforces Presence near Mosque

The activists met in the area surrounding the fence in Bilin to commemorate the second anniversary of the protests against the building of that work to segregate the Palestinians.

During the demonstration, pacifist leader Uri Avnery declared the soldiers stationed there do not defend Israeli security and are only useful for the speculators still extending through Palestinian lands.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed on January 31 to extend the fence to 7.45 miles, five of them east of the so-called Green Line, to annex two Israeli territories with a population of about 1,500 inhabitants.

If the proposal is accomplished about 20,000 Palestinians will be trapped in Israel.

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