True, in the West Bank the settlers east of the Wall are frightened; however at the same time equally illegal settlers on the west-side of the separatiom barrier feel confident that they will be annexed. In the big slice of land between the Green Line and the route of the Wall, it is the Palestinian villagers who have every reason in the world to feel threatened. The government would prefer to get rid of them and makes their life nearly impossible by taking away their land and more or less imprisoning them on the remainder - with the need to show permits to go in or out. And, let's set illusions aside: the new elections, about which there is now much ado - are irrelevant for these harassed Palestinian farmers. Sharon, Netanyahu or whatever candidate of the Labor Party - for them it would probably not make any difference.  Exactly this week saw a severe escalation in the army's efforts to break up the anti-Wall struggle at Bil'in, also lashing out against those who try to keep Tana inhabited.

Army attack in Bil'in

After his release, Muhammad reported: "The commander came to me and said 'I don't want to see another protest in this village'. I answered: 'You have the full power of the occupation behind you, but we will continue demonstrating - even if we have to do it inside our homes. We'll keep going,'

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Hirbat Tana, a village which the IDF would have "uninhabited"

Rabbis For Human Rights (info@rhr.israel.net.) had called upon volunteers to come and help this Friday the people from Hirbat Tana to rebuild their homes which were demolished at the beginning of July - also raising funds and seeking a computer for the children of one family whose computer was ruined as their work-room was demolished.  With all the good intentions, this is what happened: a raid of the village and 18 arrested, albeit released on the following day.

The following report is based on Saturday's report of ISM (neta_golan@yahoo.com).

The 18  who were arrested last night in Tana have been released on condition that they not return to the area to reconstruct the houses that the Israeli military had demolished.

Just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday soldiers invaded the small village of Tana where home construction is under way. Soldiers arrested 16 Palestinians, residents of Tana, and two activists working with nonprofit organizations. The 18 people were with three foreign members of the World Council of Churches. Many of the structures of Tana were demolished several months ago by the Israeli military. Villagers and activists this month have been putting the village back together and are seeking an injunction against the military from destroying them again. The military has been trying to argue that the place is uninhabited. On arrest, soldiers told the group that they were in a "closed military zone." Mohey Hasson, a field researcher for Rabbis For Human Rights, was among the arrested.

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