200 Israelis, Palestinians protest new Israeli-only W. Bank road - Haaretz

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200 Israelis, Palestinians protest new Israeli-only W. Bank road

By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent

Roughly 200 Israelis and Palestinians turned out for a protest march Saturday against the construction of a new West Bank viaduct that will be open to Israeli traffic only.

The viaduct will run along the existing Route 60 from the Etzion settlement bloc to El Arub.

Among the demonstrators were activists from all the Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, as well as members of Israeli organizations "Anarchists Against the Fence," "Ta'ayush," and "Fighters for Peace."

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The demonstrators said the viaduct, which they termed an "apartheid road," not only discriminates on the basis of race but will also necessitate the expropriation of land from the Palestinian villages of Halhul, Beit Umar, and El Arub.

"This is a protest against the apartheid road that will be constructed," said Ta'ayush activist Avihai Sharon. "Route 60 will be for Palestinians, while above it a viaduct will be built for Jews only."

"The road will also steal land from Palestinian villages like Beit Umar and Halhul".

The march set out from Beit Umar and ended in the El Arub school. Cooperation between Hamas and Fatah activists was evident in the demonstration, despite the severe tensions between the two factions.

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1.	Clearly Aparteid	16:28	\|	Jack	23/12/06

2.	Jimmy Carter says it like it is	16:56	\|	wibism	23/12/06

3.	Clear Not Apartheid	16:57	\|	Steven Allsopp	23/12/06

4.	So the pals would like Israel to construct for them ,interesting	17:00	\|	Absolute Sweden	23/12/06

5.	Cleatly NOT Apartheid.	17:07	\|	Brant	23/12/06

6.	Another Protest	17:15	\|	Mary	23/12/06

7.	Anywhere else in the world...	17:24	\|	Dan	23/12/06

8.	Stealing land?	17:46	\|	Archangel	23/12/06

9.	To Jack	17:49	\|	DAVID KAPLAN	23/12/06

10.	secuity first	18:00	\|	lee smith	23/12/06

11.	David	18:17	\|	Jack	23/12/06

12.	South Africa a state for Whites! and	18:31	\|	Angillilio	23/12/06

13.	Israeli Arabs can use the road	18:31	\|	Nephtaly	23/12/06

14.	forget politics	18:38	\|	oleh chadash	23/12/06

15.	Ersatz Israel	18:53	\|	Clickfool	23/12/06

16.	Yes, it is apartheid	18:54	\|	Janice	23/12/06

17.	To #6 Another Protest	19:08	\|	Emmanuel	23/12/06

18.	re Steven Allsopp	19:18	\|	Axel	23/12/06

19.	re David Kaplan	19:23	\|	Axel	23/12/06

20.	Jews protesting together with muslims without being lynched?	19:26	\|	Aaron	23/12/06

21.	A few more apartheid roads...	19:27	\|	Dudu	23/12/06

22.	David Kaplan	19:28	\|	wibism	23/12/06

23.	Israel`s Land	19:30	\|	Brod	23/12/06

24.	Aparteid?	19:36	\|	Shlomo	23/12/06

25.	To David Kaplan	19:37	\|	Noura	23/12/06

26.	Perverts	19:44	\|	Galit	23/12/06

27.	Jewish domination on the arab majority is clear apartheid	19:49	\|	david	23/12/06

28.	Shlomo?	19:56	\|	Think Again	23/12/06

29.	Israeli Arabs will use that road- NOT apartheid	20:04	\|	Dani	23/12/06

30.	Emmanuel No 6	21:01	\|	Mary	23/12/06

31.	#23, Brod on Israel`s Land	21:05	\|	Sarah	23/12/06

32.	useful idiots. they should be made to travel this road continuous	21:12	\|	ralph	23/12/06

33.	jimmy carter	21:12	\|	nahum	23/12/06

34.	WHAT DID THEY EXPECT	21:24	\|	TOBIA	23/12/06

35.	To Axel	21:26	\|	DAVID KAPLAN	23/12/06

36.	Stolen Land	21:30	\|	Saad Khatib	23/12/06

37.	IT IS JEWISH LAND, ALL OF IT, and you can scream, yell, whine	21:34	\|	Momo	23/12/06

38.	RUSSIA HISTORICALLY MINE!	21:35	\|	KUMA	23/12/06

39.	Noura	21:38	\|	DAVID KAPLAN	23/12/06

40.	arab bashers	21:39	\|	Omar	23/12/06

41.	haaretz	21:45	\|	Omar	23/12/06

42.	200 Israelis	22:05	\|	joe	23/12/06

43.	so now stop criticizing Jimmy Carter	22:11	\|	margaret	23/12/06

44.	Out of Respect for Life	22:33	\|	Alicia	23/12/06

45.	Well done, please support these folks!	22:35	\|	www.kibush.co.il	23/12/06

46.	Apartheid Road	22:53	\|	Michael Katz	23/12/06

47.	Janice, You are perfectly wrong	22:55	\|	Aby	23/12/06

48.	To David kaplan	22:57	\|	Axel	23/12/06

49.	Omar, Blame your brothers if you want to blame	23:01	\|	Aby	23/12/06

50.	# 38 Kuma	23:05	\|	Axel	23/12/06

51.	Margaret, shame on you	23:05	\|	TelAviv	23/12/06

52.	re Momo	23:15	\|	Axel	23/12/06

53.	#27: Momo the one who is yelling is YOU	23:29	\|	Sarah	23/12/06

54.	Arab states have roads not 4 Jews	23:46	\|	sam	23/12/06

55.	Carter GREAT PRESIDENT ??????????	23:51	\|	TOBIA	23/12/06

56.	#42, Joe: They did move to Arab territory	00:03	\|	Alex	24/12/06

57.	to 37 (Momo): IT IS MOMO LAND, ALL OF IT	00:20	\|	Yuval	24/12/06

58.	to the sweden	00:40	\|	cory	24/12/06

59.	Clikfool,your Britain won`t even allow bereaved Argentinian paren	01:16	\|	Absolute Sweden	24/12/06

60.	#48	01:29	\|	margaret	24/12/06

61.	#18 Axel	01:50	\|	Steven Allsopp	24/12/06

62.	To Aaron	02:59	\|	Mark	24/12/06

63.	Israel is a paraia state, plain and simple	03:13	\|	Zach	24/12/06

64.	Steven Allsopp	03:18	\|	Sa	24/12/06

65.	DRIVE by shootings,Arab apartheid,built the road	03:30	\|	PETER SM	24/12/06

66.	Was this a settlement that would have been evacuated?	03:49	\|	Voice of Reason	24/12/06

67.	Brod	12:08	\|	Aramis	24/12/06

68.	Palestine land???	12:14	\|	Aramis	24/12/06

69.	KUMA	12:20	\|	Aramis	24/12/06

70.	aramis living in Sunnyvale CA	14:02	\|	Axel	24/12/06

71.	axel living in Germany	22:59	\|	Aramis	24/12/06

72.	#2	23:30	\|	Moshe	24/12/06

73.	#16	23:55	\|	Moshe	24/12/06

74.	Worse than Apartheid	10:21	\|	Joachim Martillo	30/12/06