Activists demonstrate against Israel's seizure of land in the West Bank
Published date: 6 October 2014 15:42 BST
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Activists prepare olive tree saplings to be planted on a siezed hillside on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A young activist holds an olive tree in front of soldiers during the first Friday demonstration on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
An activist is detained by Israeli border police after being pepper sprayed on September 5th. He was released shortly after (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Tear gas is fired into the village by Israeli soldiers and border police (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
: Israeli soldiers confiscate the recently planted olive trees on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A military jeep parked on the hillside after the first Friday demonstration. Activists painted Palestinian flags on rocks after Israeli authorities removed a flag previously planted by young activists on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Boys paint a Palestinian flag on a hillside set to be appropriated as Israeli “state land,” on September 12th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Boys paint a Palestinian flag on a hillside set to be appropriated as Israeli “state land,” on September 12th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Teenage girls chant toward the settlement of Beitar Illit following Wadi Fukin’s Friday demonstration on September 12th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A group of boys confront a soldier attempting to stop them from planting an olive tree on September 5th. The boys refused to stop digging and the soldier eventually retreated (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A military jeep parked on the hillside after the first Friday demonstration on September 5th. Activists painted Palestinian flags on rocks after Israeli authorities removed a flag previously planted by young activists (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Local teenage girls chant as they approach Israeli soldiers on September 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Bethlehem activist Munther Amira is pushed back by Israeli soldiers shortly before they fired sound grenades and tear gas on September 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A female Palestinian activist throws a stone towards soldiers as they occupy a hillside set to be appropriated in Wadi Fukin on September 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
: A female Palestinian activist stands below soldiers as they occupy a hillside set to be appropriated in Wadi Fukin on September 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
An activist waves a Palestinian flag in front of Beitar Illit as additional military vehicles arrive to repress the first Friday demonstration on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
: Ahmad Sokkar, head of the village council holds a Palestinian flag amidst the crowd of demonstrators during Wadi Fukin’s first Friday demonstration shortly before he was pepper sprayed on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Ahmad Sokkar retreats after Israeli soldiers and border police fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators on September 5th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A boy wraps a keffiyeh around his face following the protest on September 12th in front of the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A young boy ties a shirt across his face before the demonstration on September 12th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Activists hoist olive tree saplings as they confront Israeli soldiers on land set to be appropriated on Septermber 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
A young demonstrator confronts Israeli soldiers on land set to be appropriated during the Friday demonstration Septermber 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Head of Wadi Fukin’s village council, Ahmad Sokkar confronts an Israeli soldier on land set to be appropriated on Septermber 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Local teenage activists chant toward Israeli soldiers during the Friday demonstration on September 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
Teenage volunteer medics assist an activist as he suffers from tear gas on September 26th (MEE/Kelly Lynn)
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