This article was originally published by the IMEMC and is republished with permission.

In the West Bank village of Bil'in, Palestinian and international peace activists marched after the Friday prayer to the construction site of Israel's separation wall. Two members of the Palestinian parliament also joined the weekly nonviolent demonstration which was organized this week to commemorate the Nakba.

Speakers stressed the right of the Palestinian refugees to return to the land they were expelled from in 1948 according to the United Nations Resolution 194.

Protesters also carried Palestinian flags and signs calling for Fatah and Hamas to stop their infighting and lay their weapons down, calling on the leaders of both groups to make the cease-fire a reality or to step aside.

Israeli troops started to fire tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets and water cannons at the protesters. At least eight people were lightly wounded including three internationals and a journalist. Other journalists were treated for gas inhalation.

One corn field caught fire as some of the tear gas canisters fired at the protesters landed in it. The Popular committee held the Israeli army responsible for burning the field.