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Israeli forces violently arrest demonstrators in al-Walaja

Posted on: May 15, 2011

15 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

At 11 AM on al-Nakba remembrance day, 500 residents from the West Bank village of al-Wallajeh and international supporters marched towards the Israeli Apartheid Wall. The Wall was built to separate the villagers from their original land from which they were expelled in 1948. The demonstration was violently attacked by the Israeli military with rubber coated steal bullets, tear gas and protesters were beaten
with batons and rifles. One youth was hospitalized after being injured by a rubber coated steal bullet .

Eight Palestinians including twins aged 11 and 6 internationals (American, Dutch, German and Canadian … Continue reading


Updated on May 15, 2011
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Eight arrested in al-Walaja as Israel ramps up construction on the Separation Wall

Posted on: December 22, 2010
A Resident of al-Walaja is Attacked with Pepper Spray for confronting Israeli bulldozers.

22 December 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Please join the people of Al-Walaja for their weekly demonstration this Friday morning: December 24, 2010 at 9 a.m.

Despite an ongoing trial in the Israeli high court over the legality of the placement of the Separation wall in al-Walaja, a small village just outside of Jerusalem, Israel doubled construction efforts this afternoon. Around 2pm bulldozers accompanied by armed guards started clearing trees, rocks, and shrubs. Three days ago, … Continue reading


Updated on December 23, 2010
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Weekly Demonstration Report — High Velocity Tear Gas Canisters used in an Nabi Saleh

Posted on: November 14, 2010
Bil'in on 6th anniversary of Arafat's death

14 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement

Al Nabi Saleh demonstrators assaulted with high velocity tear gas canisters and rubber bullets

The weekly demonstration at Al Nabih Saleh took place again this Friday, one day after the six year anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death.

One young boy was shot in the hand with a rubber bullet, and tear gas canisters were shot throughout the whole demonstration to prevent demonstrators from reaching the village spring near the illegal settlement Halamish. Some canisters were shot … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Derisory Supreme Court hearing on the wall in al-Walaja

Posted on: November 9, 2010
Derisory Supreme Court hearing on the wall in al-Walaja

08 November 2010 | Stella & Jillian

On Monday the 8th of November, after a two hour charade in the Supreme Court of Israel, the decision over the path of the wall in Al-Walaja (near Bethlehem), was adjourned for another 45 days. Their indecisiveness was mainly with respect to the fact that the path on which the wall is already being built is entirely private property belonging to Palestinian villagers. The court needs to wait for the Palestinian’s land to be officially confiscated before they can make a decision, … Continue reading


Updated on November 13, 2010
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Al-Walaja village resists construction of the Apartheid Wall

Posted on: August 4, 2010

4 August 2010

This morning in Al-Walaja local Palestinian residents supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists nonviolently resisted the construction of the Apartheid Wall by blocking the work of a bulldozer.

Of the sixty protestors, fourteen people were arrested – six Palestinians and eight internationals.

Three were also injured as Israeli police forcefully and violently removed protestors from their blockade of the Caterpiller bulldozer, beating them with their rifle butts. One of the injured was a seven year old child. Numerous other people suffered chemical burns when the police used pepper spray on them.

The bulldozer was clearing ground to make way for … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Demonstrators interrupt illegal wall construction in Al Walaja

Posted on: June 9, 2010
Demonstrators walk up the swath of dust, which was recently forest and farmland

International Solidarity Movement

9 June 2010
A group of over 30 demonstrators came to Al-Walaja today at 7am to obstruct the path of a bulldozer being used to construct the illegal annexation wall. Three demonstrators were arrested during the action; the legitimacy of two of the arrests remains in question. Among the arrested was former Yale Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh.

The activists were successful in stopping construction for an hour by chaining … Continue reading


Updated on June 9, 2010
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Al Walaja, Beit Jala protest illegal wall construction

Posted on: May 25, 2010
Villagers hold a seated protest in Al Walaja

International Solidarity Movement

25 May 2010

Al Walaja

Al Walaja village, close to Bethlehem, faces the threat of being totally isolated from the surrounding countryside by an apartheid wall which is currently under construction. When it is finished the only access villagers will have to the outside world is through a tunnel which can be opened or closed at the whim of the Israeli authorities. This nightmarish prospect is being protested each Sunday by the villagers, supported by Israeli and … Continue reading


Updated on May 25, 2010
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Demonstrators succeed in delaying illegal wall construction; brutal military violence hospitalizes three

Posted on: May 6, 2010
Demonstrators sit peacefully in front of bulldozer

International Solidarity Movement

6 May 2010

Sitting peacefully in front of the formidable D9 Caterpillar bulldozer, demonstrators were successful today in temporarily halting construction of Israel’s illegal annexation wall. In the village of Al Walaja, approximately 20 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists disrupted work on the wall for nearly 30 minutes. Highlighting the systematic racism of Israeli apartheid, soldiers specifically targeted Palestinian participants. While internationals and Israelis were virtually ignored, Palestinians were brutally beaten and pepper sprayed, resulting in three hospitalizations. Three … Continue reading


Updated on May 10, 2010
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Demonstrations across West Bank reflect growing momentum

Posted on: May 3, 2010
Join the Global Intifada in Palestine this summer

International Solidarity Movement

3 May 2010

Between Friday and Sunday, more than 600 demonstrators protested the apartheid, land confiscation and the illegal wall in eight West Bank locations. These weekly demonstrations reflect the growing momentum of popular non-violent resistance, despite violent responses by the Israeli military.

Bil’in
Four were detained in Bil’in, including two Al-Jazeera reporters, as demonstrators gathered for the popular weekly protest against the Israeli apartheid and illegal wall. After speeches given in honor of International Workers’ Day, demonstrators marched towards the … Continue reading


Updated on May 6, 2010
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Demonstrators halt construction of the Wall in alWalaja

Posted on: April 28, 2010
Demonstrators sit in front of bulldozer in Al Walaja

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

28th April 2010

UPDATE: Video of this action has been added below.

Demonstrators managed to disrupt the construction of the Wall in alWalaja for the second time in a week . A 15 year old demonstrator was beaten, pepper-sprayed and arrested.

Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators managed to stop the construction of the Wall in the village of alWalaja, south of Jerusalem for the second time this week. If completed, the path of the Wall in the area will surround the … Continue reading


Updated on April 29, 2010
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