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Clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian and Israeli peace activists on Saturday during a protest against the Israeli-built separation barrier at Deir al-Ghosun village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Demonstrators gathered at the site, chanting slogans while Israeli forces fired tear-gas grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd as stones were hurled at the forces. Israel began building its barrier of fences and walls at the height of the Palestinian uprising that began in 2000 and it now runs along most of the West Bank border, encroaching at many points onto West Bank territory. The International Court of Justice, in a non-binding decision in 2004, said the barrier was illegal and should be taken down because it crossed occupied territory.
