A combination picture shows Palestinian and international activists pulling down a concrete panel, part of the controversial Israeli barrier, during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of the toppling of the Berlin Wall, in the al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 9, 2009. Palestinians are using the anniversary to press their campaign against Israel's "wall" on territory they want for a state. Israel launched the barrier, which is mostly razor-wire fence interspersed with concrete barricades, in 2002 during a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. While such attacks have dramatically dropped since, Israel has come under international censure for the barrier's de facto annexation of occupied West Bank land. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

A combination picture shows Palestinian and international activists pulling down a concrete panel, part of the controversial Israeli barrier, during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of the toppling of the Berlin Wall, in the al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 9, 2009. Palestinians are using the anniversary to press their campaign against Israel's "wall" on territory they want for a state. Israel launched the barrier, which is mostly razor-wire fence interspersed with concrete barricades, in 2002 during a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. While such attacks have dramatically dropped since, Israel has come under international censure for the barrier's de facto annexation of occupied West Bank land.

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