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September 28, 2009

Israeli Troops Fire on Palestinian Protests
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In Israel and the Occupied Territories, four Palestinians were wounded
Sunday near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli
police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at Palestinians who were
trying to block a group of militant Israeli settlers from entering the
mosque compound. Another seven Palestinians were arrested. The attack
comes two days after Israeli troops disrupted a series of protests
against the West Bank separation wall. Israeli police fired tear gas at
demonstrations near at least three Palestinian villages: Burin, Nil’in
and Bil’in. The demonstrators had tried to remove barbed wire placed
around the wall when Israeli troops fired the tear gas.



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