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In pictures: Palestinians rally for state
Palestinians show their support for the PLO’s UN membership bid at a rally at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah.
A protester paints on the separation barrier while an Israeli soldier watches. He wrote the message: "What will 20 September Change?" - referring to the United Nations vote [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
Published On 17 Sep 2011
17 Sep 2011
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Most of the demonstrators, however, supported the PLO(***)s bid for full membership at the UN [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
The protest was originally billed as a women(***)s rally, and about half of the 200 demonstrators were women [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
One protester climbed along Israel(***)s separation barrier and taped a Palestinian flag near the top [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
The sign in the background urges Palestinians to reject negotiations while Israel continues to build illegal settlements and the separation barrier [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
The mural in the background portrays the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
Protesters stayed for about an hour, chanting slogans and waving signs and Palestinian flags [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
About 40 Israeli soldiers formed a line behind concrete barricades [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]
A group of boys stacked tires near the checkpoint and then lit them on fire, sending a plume of black smoke over the area. After the main group of protesters left, around a dozen young men stayed a few minutes to throw rocks and glass bottles at an Israeli military watchtower, before dispersing [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera]