From Bil’in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4

This week: Memorials for those killed protesting the separation barrier, weekly protests against the occupation, Palestinians and internationals destroy an Israeli barrier, Palestinians return to their land after 35 years, and more.

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Before the weekly protest against the wall, Palestinian Sabiha Abu Rahme cries near the memorial monument for her son, Bassem, who in a 2009 protest was shot and killed with a high-velocity tear gas grenade by Israeli soldiers, Bil’in, West Bank, October 4, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Youth throw stones at an Israeli military bulldozer during the weekly demonstration in Kafr Qaddum, a West bank village located East of Qalqiliya, on Friday, October 4, 2013. Kafr Qaddum started to organize regular demonstrations in July 2011, protesting against the blocking of the main road east of the village which used to linked it to Nablus. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Palestinian activists march under the gaze of Israeli soldiers during the weekly protest against the wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in, October 4, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Israeli border police man detain a international activist, during the weekly protest against the wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in, October 4, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Palestinian and International activists remove a gate built by the Israeli army blocking the road between the village of Al Walaja and the West Bank town of Beit Jala, October 3, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
For the first time in the West Bank, Palestinians return to their land that was an Israeli settlement. People from the village of Burka return to cultivate their land after 35 years, October 3, 2013. The land was confiscated in 1978 under a seizure order for military purposes, which was common practice for establishing Israeli settlements until the late 1970s. The return was an outcome of legal action by the Israeli human rights NGO Yesh Din. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
As Palestinians return to their land that was an Israeli settlement, people from the village of Burka paint over Jewish symbols on a water tank, October 3, 2013. The land was confiscated in 1978 under a seizure order for military purposes, which was common practice for establishing Israeli settlements until the late 1970s. The return was an outcome of legal action by the Israeli human rights NGO Yesh Din. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
With the Israeli settlement Gilo covering a nearby hillside, a Palestinian priest leads an open air Catholic mass as a form of nonviolent resistance against the Israeli separation wall, Beit Jala, West Bank, October 4, 2013. If built as planned, he Israeli separation wall will divide Beit Jala land and separate a Catholic convent from a monastery, as well as cutting off access to village olive groves. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Afghan children and women sit in a room belonging to a church, used as a temporary shelter, in Brussels, Belgium, October 1, 2013. Hundreds of Aghan asylum seekers have been demonstrating to request protection in Belgium. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
Afghan protesters hold a sign reading “Free the 42 Afghans arrested and in closed centers” during a demonstration by hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers, demanding for protection and asylum in Belgium; Brussels, October 2, 2013. Without papers, they cannot work or find decent housing. Belgium has been involved in the Afghan conflict for 10 years. There are about 2.7 million Afghans who continue to live in exile and some 450,000 are internally displaced. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
An Israeli activist lights candles as activists gather near Rothschild Boulevard, during a memorial event for Haim Atya, October 2, 2013. Haim, 56, became unemployed and homeless after a cerebrovascular accident. After the eviction of the tent camp in Rothschild boulevard two years ago he used to sleep outside Leumi bank. He was found dead on June 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

 

From Bil'in memorial to breaking down barriers: A week in photos September 28-October 4
A Palestinian boy sells coffee to drivers waiting in line at the Israeli military checkpoint controlling movement between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, West Bank, September 30, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)