At midday today, 26 October 2014, Israeli soldiers arrived in the village of Bil’in in order to confiscate children’s playground equipment. The Israeli army had already confiscated some farm equipment, chairs and tables and loaded it onto the truck when the alert was put out and the villagers came onto the scene.
According to Robert Martin (a visiting International) they threatened him personally and the soldiers yelled out to the villagers that if they did not leave the scene they would shoot him. Robert asked why they were taking the children’s playground equipment. The soldier said ‘I’m protecting Israel’ and threatened him with arrest. Robert said there were people on the hill watching their every move with cameras.
The soldier retaliated and threatened that the village kindergarten playground would be demolished. He also threatened that houses belonging to the farmers would also be demolished. Eventually the villagers and Robert managed to drive the soldiers out of the village.
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