Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Nonviolent protestors in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, formed their own team, which they called the Palestinian National Football Team, coinciding with the start of World Cup in South Africa, and stressing the Palestinian right of independence.
Wearing sport outfits representing Palestine and posing as the Palestinian team, the players along with dozens of international and Israeli activists marched towards the Annexation Wall where a goal was already set in place, and started their game.
They kicked several footballs over the Wall onto lands, once owned by the villagers, and now isolated on the other side of the Wall.
Zionist troops responded with violence, and fired dozens of gas bombs at the nonviolent protestors who did nothing but kick footballs.
The troops then kidnapped six journalist, releasing four later on and keeping one Palestinian journalist and an international.
Some of the gas bombs caused fired on the dry ground setting several olive trees ablaze.
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