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Ni’lin demonstrator hit with shrapnel during weekly protest

Posted on: July 24, 2011

23 July 2011 | Ni’lin Village

Today in Ni’lin, one demonstrator was hit with shrapnel and dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation during the suppression by the Israeli occupation forces of the anti-wall weekly protest.

The march organized by The Ni’lin Popular Committee was supported by many Palestinians, International’s and Israeli peace activists. Upon arrival at the gate of the racism wall, the people of Ni’lin sent a message to the Israeli Occupation Forces, (IOF) confirming that the weekly protests will never stop until our land is free, and we have dismantled the illegal racism wall.

The protest was stressful, following the … Continue reading


Updated on July 26, 2011
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Hole in the wall at Qalandia checkpoint

Posted on: July 11, 2011

10 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On 9th July, a group of twenty Palestinians accompanied by twenty internationals, managed to cut through some fence near the checkpoint at Qalandia.

The direct action was organised by Welcome to Palestine as part of the Week of Action in the West Bank. The action was in defiance against the Apartheid Wall, which divides the West Bank and is central to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Activists were able to cut through the barbed wire fence and plant Palestinian flags on the other side.


Updated on July 11, 2011
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Israeli military targets al Khalayla in demolitions

Posted on: July 11, 2011

11 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On Monday, July 11th, the Israeli military demolished 5 buildings of local Palestinian businesses in the closed neighborhood of al -Khalayla near al-Jib village outside of Jerusalem. At 6:30am the owner of a window shop received a call  from the Israeli military that part of his business’s building structure would be demolished. Not long after the phone call, he arrived to the shop to find that they had already finished demolishing part of the structure.

At around 8am, the Israeli military destroyed a lumber factory owned by the al-Asmar family for 8 years.  In the process they also took 4 lumber … Continue reading


Updated on July 14, 2011
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Kite flying in Beit Hanoun

Posted on: June 29, 2011
Kite flying in Beit Hanoun

29 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Every Tuesday morning there is a demonstration against the Occupation in Beit Hanoun, when people march into the buffer zone, demand an end to the occupation, and are met with more bullets from the occupation.  Today was different and yet the same; today we didn’t go into the buffer zone, but none the less we were still met with the bullets of the occupation.

School is out for the summer, summer camps for the children are in full swing.  In Beit Hanoun the Vittorio Arrigoni, Stay Human summer camp has been up and running for the … Continue reading


Updated on July 3, 2011
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Israel dismantles section of the Separation Wall in Bil’in

Posted on: June 26, 2011

26 June 2011 | The Palestine Telegraph

Israeli occupation forces started Sunday dismantling a section of the Separation Wall near the village of Bil’in in the northwest of Ramallah in accordance to the decision issued by Israeli supreme court about four years ago.

Witnesses told local sources that Israeli soldiers fired tear gases and rubber bullets at hundreds of Palestinian citizens who gathered to celebrate these historical moments-the dismantling of the wall-leaving several suffocation cases.

Residents of Bilin town will regain 1200 dunums out of 2300 seized by Israeli authorities for settlements construction, noting that the total area of Bil’in is 4ooo … Continue reading


Updated on June 27, 2011
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Ni’lin demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

Posted on: June 24, 2011

24 June 2011 | Ni’lin

A weekly Ni’ilin demonstration was met with the intense tear gas attack, leaving dozens suffering from the consequence of inhaling the gas. Demonstration, organized by the Ni’ilin Popular Committee and joined by Israeli and international peace activists was held in solidarity with the political prisoners from the village held in Israeli prisons. The prisoners from the village, detained 17 months ago and sentenced on false charges, were moved from Ofer to Negev military prison.

Once the demonstration reached a gate in the apartheid wall, protesters started to knock on the door and demand that they are allowed … Continue reading


Updated on June 24, 2011
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Protesters in Bil’in drive bulldozer at the Wall

Posted on: June 24, 2011

24 June 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Hundreds of protesters led by a bulldozer marched on the Wall in Bil’in today after the Israeli army began dismantling it earlier this week. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad ank MK Mohammed Barakah participated in the demonstration.

Israeli soldiers open fire at a Palestinian protester driving a bulldozer at the site of the Wall in Bil’in today, shattering one of the vehicle’s windows and pancturing two of its tires. At the time of the shooting, the bulldozer was dismantling the gate in the section of the Wall that is being relocated by the … Continue reading


Updated on June 24, 2011
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Beit Ommar in “defiance of instruction”

Posted on: June 19, 2011
Beit Ommar

18 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

On June 18 2011 the weekly Beit Ommar demonstration proceeded towards a fence which encircles the nearby settlement of Karmei Tzur and separates the village from some of its land. A number of protesters reached the fence and planted a Palestinian flag. Local women walked home across the land “in defiance of instruction” made by the occupational forces. During the ensuing army response an Israeli protester and an international protester were detained and later released, and other protesters were hit.

The aim of … Continue reading


Updated on June 26, 2011
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Biddu demonstrates against apartheid

Posted on: June 11, 2011

10 June 2011| Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The village of Biddu held a demonstration this week demanding access to their farmlands and a end to the Separation Wall in their village. In 2004, four demonstrators were shot dead by live ammunition in a similar demonstration.

Roughly 50 people gathered near an Israeli placed gate at the edge of the agricultural lands of Biddu on Friday for an unarmed demonstration. Quickly the demonstration turn into chaos as Palestinian youth threw rocks and the Israeli army responded with tear gas and stun grenades. No injuries were reported in the course of the demonstration, which … Continue reading


Updated on June 16, 2011
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American woman hospitalized with head injury and three international activists arrested in West Bank protest

Posted on: May 1, 2011
Nonviolent protester after being injured by Israeli soldiers.

1 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

Sandra Quintano, An American 60 year-old women working with the Michigan Peace Team, was evacuated to an Israeli hospital this afternoon, after Israeli soldiers caused her a serious head injury as they demolished a protest tent in the West Bank village of Izbet al-Tabib near Qalqilya. A Swede and two British activists were arrested during the protest. To download a video of the incident, click … Continue reading


Updated on May 17, 2011
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