 A masked Palestinian youth prepares to fire a tear gas cannister using an improvised firing mechanism at Israeli soldiers following a demonstration against Israel's apartheid wall in the village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Hawkish former premier Benyamin Netanyahu has vowed not to evacuate Jewish settlements in the West Bank if he is named prime minister after the 10 February elections (photo: AFP) parent page (5 - 11 February 2009, issue #933) |