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Police subduing protesters on route 443 near Jerusalem on Thursday. (activestills) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 15:58 25/10/2007 Protesters block Highway 443 to protest ban on Palestinian traffic By Haaretz Service Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators blocked Highway 443 early Thursday morning to protest the ban on Palestinian vehicles from the road, which is a major artery connecting Jerusalem to Lod, Army Radio reported. The protesters, a coalition of Jewish and Arab members of leftist organizations, carried signs which read, among other slogans, "Caution Apartheid Road" and "Paved Road on Pilfered Land," Army Radio said. "Highway 443 is an example of what is taking place in the territories," one of the demonstrators told Army Radio. "[The authorities] are expropriating land from the Palestinians in order to build a highway which is then declared off limits to Palestinian traffic." Advertisement "There is a policy here of apartheid," Hadar Grievsky, another protester, told Army Radio. "Highways are built on roads that were seized from Palestinians and is only permitted to Jewish drivers." Organizers of the protest said that 70 demonstrators participated, most of them Palestinian residents of nearby towns. Israel Defense Forces soldiers and police arrived at the scene to disperse the crowd approximately 10 minutes after the road was blocked. Seven people were taken into custody for questioning, according to Army Radio. The commander of the Binyamin police station, Chief Superintendent Benny Har-Nes, told Army Radio that law enforcement received information on the demonstrators' plans to block the highway, enabling authorities to deploy the necessary amount of force. "We knew of the plan to [block the road] and we prepared accordingly," Har-Nes said. "We arrived at the scene within five minutes from the start of the event, and after trying to persuade them to evacuate willingly, we declared the matter an unlawful gathering and we cleared them out. Bookmark to del.icio.us Halle's Jewish joke So Halle Berry told a Jewish joke. Is it really so bad? Does it make her an anti-Semite? Majadele's concession In an interview, the minister says Israel must pay the price for peace with the Arab world.   1.   More than apartheid 13:17  |  christa 25/10/07   2.   NOT APARTHEID 13:50  |  Nephtaly 25/10/07   3.   Palestinians are angels 13:51  |  Realist 25/10/07   4.   Palestinian Arab traffic on highway 443 is an invitation to 14:06  |  Reuven 25/10/07   5.   They reap what they sew. 14:18  |  Petra 25/10/07   6.   to N.2 15:31  |  dany 25/10/07   7.   route 443 15:36  |  motti 25/10/07   8.   Origin of the protesters 15:42  |  Sharon 25/10/07   9.   Road was built on siezed land but... 15:43  |  Jerusalem Shmuel 25/10/07   10.   To Dany 15:44  |  motti 25/10/07   11.   Apartheid??????? 15:45  |  Redback 25/10/07   12.   Think about what you say 19:10  |  Moshe Levinger 25/10/07   13.   how cum they dont protest 21:40  |  eliezer 25/10/07   14.   Tagid ily Mashu TEACHERS LISTENING? 15:15  |  Nicole Collett 26/10/07   15.   motti 10 20:54  |  realism 27/10/07

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