![An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists after the group set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists after the group set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus February 2, 2013. Palestinians who set up a makeshift encampment in the occupied West Bank on Saturday clashed with Israeli soldiers and settlers and some light injuries were sustained.
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![An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists after the group set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists after the group set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus February 2, 2013. Palestinians who set up a makeshift encampment in the occupied West Bank on Saturday clashed with Israeli soldiers and settlers and some light injuries were sustained.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF T](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR3D9SV.jpg/1-RTR3D9SV.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=t3CdfHBd)
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![An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists after the group set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus An Israeli border police officer uses pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists after the group set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus February 2, 2013. Palestinians who set up a makeshift encampment in the occupied West Bank on Saturday clashed with Israeli soldiers and settlers and some light injuries were sustained.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF T](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR3D9SV.jpg/1-RTR3D9SV.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=t3CdfHBd)
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