The Israeli military has forcibly removed yet another Palestinian protest encampment in the path of the expanding Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian residents of the village of Beit Iksa had set up three tents and a mobile building on Friday to stop Israel from seizing parts of their land. The demonstrators named their site Bab al-Karama, Arabic for “Gate of Dignity.” Upon receiving the evacuation demand, the activists say they tore up the Israeli military’s order in the faces of Israeli soldiers. The encampment was raided and dismantled by Israeli soldiers earlier today. Another Palestinian encampment in the West Bank, Bab al-Shams, Arabic for “Gate of the Sun,” was removed earlier this month.
Israel Raids, Removes Palestinian Encampment in West Bank
HeadlineJan 21, 2013