MARCH AGAINST CONFISCATION OF BEIT AL-BARAKAH IN AL-KHALIL

Al-Khalil, 13 Dzulhijjah 1436/27 September 2015 (MINA) – Popular Committees against Separation Wall and Settlement in the southern West Bank organized on Saturday a march in protest against confiscating Beit Al-Barakah in Al-Khalil by Israeli settlers.

The coordinator of the National Committee against Settlement in Bethlehem Hasan Braijeye said, in a press statement, that Palestinian activists and solidarity people participated in the march which headed to Beit al-Barakah taken over by Jewish settlers, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The marchers raised Palestinian flags and chanted national slogans calling for ending the Israeli occupation amid intensive presence of Israeli army troops. The IOF soldiers prevented demonstrators from reaching location.

Priest Dani Awad who participated in the march said Beit al-Barakah is a Christian endowment for all of the Palestinian people.

Struggle will continue until the house which is part of the Presbyterian Church is liberated, he added.(T/P008/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)