Al–Walaja village, north of Bethlehem, is gradually disappearing.
In 1967, approximately half of it was annexed by Israel and absorbed into the Jerusalem municipality.
This hillside village lies nearby the Israeli Jewish settlement of Gilo. The settlement is expanding and Israeli authorities are seizing more land. According to a military confiscation order handed to the villagers, the path of the Apartheid Wall will stretch over 4,890 meters between Beit Jala and al-Wallaja, affecting 35 families, whose homes may now be slated for demolition.
Palestine Monitor visited the village during one of the protests organised by the local residents.
Last Thursday a group of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists marched on the construction site of the Wall. They succeeded in temporarily stopping the bulldozers. However, security guards and Israeli border police eventually arrived on the scene and violently removed the protestors. There were four arrests.
All pictures by Julian.
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