HEBRON, February 11, 2012 (WAFA) – Palestinians and international supporters Saturday removed barbed wire Israeli settlers had the day before put around Arab land in an area south of Hebron, according to a local activist.

Rateb Jabbour, from the committee to resist the wall and settlements in the Hebron area town of Yatta, said the participants in the weekly protest activity in Yatta removed the wire settlers had put up to prevent land owners from reaching or working on their land.

Israeli soldiers used force to push the Palestinians and their supporters away from the area, he said. There were no reports of injuries.

Jabbour said the army and settlers want to keep the Palestinians away from their land, located near the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank in order to seize the land.

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