One village spilt in two by
Israel's controversial wall has been staging a
non-violent protest for two years.
To Israel it is a security fence - the
Palestinians call it the "apartheid wall".
It is more than three years since the Israelis
began building a massive barrier - part fence,
part concrete structure - designed, they say, to
keep out terrorist attacks from the Palestinian
territories.
But critics say it is less about security than
annexing Palestinian land and expanding
settlements.
A report out this week by the Israeli
organization Bimkom shows the barrier carving
its way through the West Bank, pushing
Palestinian communities into a series of
enclaves.
Indigo Gilmore has spent the last week in Bilin
- split in two by the barrier - where residents
have been involved in two years of non-violent
protests.
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