Palestinian wedding at Hizme Checkpoint

Israeli soldiers prevent the progress of a symbolic wedding party as they carry the groom on their shoulders towards the Israeli constructed controversial separation barrier close to the Israeli manned checkpoint of Hezma in the Israeli occupied West Bank, between Jerusalem and and the Palestinian city of Ramallah on March 9, 2013. The ceremony was organized by Palestinians to denounce what they call the "racist laws that prohibit the reunification of families". In January 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court endorsed a law banning Palestinians married to Israeli Arabs from obtaining Israeli citizenship or residing in Israel. Photo by: Ahmad Daghlas (Caption by AFP)