Arab stone thrower

Protestors lob stones at the Israeli military during their weekly protest against the construction of the Israel separation barrier at the West Bank village of Bilin 12 January 2007. One foreign photojournalist was injured in today’s rally. The barrier is a combination of concrete walls and wire fences running more than 650 kilometres (400 miles) north to south that Israel says is necessary to protect it self from Palestinian militants. However, large sections of it encroach on the West Bank, and the Palestinians call it a land grab. The International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling in 2004 that parts of the barrier in the West Bank are illegal and should be removed. The barrier is supposed to follow the Green Line that marks Israel’s borders before the 1967 Six Day War, when the Jewish state captured the Golan Heights, east Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90