Anti-fence protesters detained in W. Bank

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/379035.html

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"A number of Israeli left-wing activists were detained yesterday by police when security forces prevented them from reaching the West Bank village of Dir Balut to protest construction of the separation fence near the community.

Yesterday, five buses with some 300 protesters were making their way to Dir Balut, south of the settlement of Elkana, when they were stopped at a road block on the Trans-Samaria highway, near Elkana, that had been set up by police to intercept them.

The protesters then got off the buses, sat down and clasped arms, partially blocking the road. Police used water canons to disperse the activists and detained 28 demonstrators, including three foreigners. The rest of the demonstrators left on their own.

At Dir Balut itself, a few dozen Israeli demonstrators who had arrived earlier by other roads staged a protest march, together with some 150 Palestinians. The army did not interfere."