Today, Palestinian, Israeli, and International activists dismantled a section of the Israeli separation barrier at the village of Beit Mirsim.

This action is the second of such actions in the past two weeks, following a similar action in Surif

Beit Mirsim is a tiny Palestinian village in the Southern West Bank. It has been known as an archaeological site and as a site of a war crime committed in 1967 by the army.

Today, the criminals who destroyed the original village of Beit Mirsim walk free. So do the bureaucrats at the ‘Civil Administration’ who prevent its reconstruction and order new homes destroyed, along with many others who embody the “persistent Israeli urge to “clear” Palestinians away” (Amira Hass “crimes of war, destruction of civilian property”). In contrast, those who tear down the criminal wall are in jeopardy from both Israeli courts and military.

No one knows that jeopardy better than the people of Beit Mirsim: the regularity with which collective punishment is meted out in the West Bank and the crimes the IDF is capable of. Still, they persist living on their lands after seeing their village destroyed and despite decades of hardship courtesy of the army.

Today they took initiative in their struggle for survival.

Together with Israeli and International supporters they physically dismantled the cage which constructed for them by the Israeli ‘Mministry Of Ddefense’ has constructed for them.. In that, they follow the countless examples of Palestinians living near the wall.

Whenever and wherever there is an opportunity Palestinians will simply dismantle the cage they are in.