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Collective punishment continues as army raids Nabi Saleh

Posted on: January 13, 2011

13 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

From the hours of 12:00 until 03:00 last night, soldiers raided eighteen houses in the village of Nabi Saleh. Soldiers, in full combat equipment, raided the houses in order to photograph people, mostly young men, and check ID cards. No arrests were made. However, the intentions of the army are clear.

The pattern has been used many times in the past. The army raids a house in the middle of the night. Soldiers take a photograph of a 15 or 16 child and match the photograph with ID information. Then, some days later, … Continue reading


Updated on January 15, 2011
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Protester arrested as soldiers occupy Nabi Saleh

Posted on: January 9, 2011
Border Police officers arresting Ouday Tamimi. Picture credit: Bilal Tamimi

9 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Dozens of soldiers brought the village of Nabi Saleh to a standstill today in yet another attempt to curb demonstrations in the village. One protester was arrested, and two required medical treatment for their injuries.

Dozens of villagers, joined by Israeli and international supporters took part in the weekly demonstration in the village despite the siege laid on the village by the army, and the unusually large number of soldiers who occupied the … Continue reading


Updated on January 14, 2011
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“Gas won’t tear us apart”: a return to Bil’in

Posted on: January 9, 2011
Woman marching in Bil'in this afternoon. Picture Credit: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org

8 January 2010 | +972 Magazine, Joseph Dana

Hundreds march in Bil’in to commemorate Jawaher Abu Rahmah, the 36-year-old woman who was killed last week in an unarmed demonstration against the separation wall. The former vice president of the European Parliament, Lusia Morgantini and a current Israeli Parliament member Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) joined the demonstration which was lead by over thirty women’s organizations from the West Bank and Israel. During the protest, demonstrators managed to tear down portions of the … Continue reading


Updated on January 9, 2011
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Substantial evidence contradicts the army’s version of the events surrounding the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah

Posted on: January 4, 2011

4 January 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The evidence surrounding the events leading to the death of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rahmah disproves completely the army spokesperson’s version, to the point of putting the army in a ridiculous light. The army’s version is based on claims made anonymously, without any supporting evidence – unךike the version of the Abu Rahmah family and the Popular Coordinating Committee of Bil’in, which is detailed below.

Since yesterday, the army has been promoting in the Israeli media a mendacious version regarding the events that led to the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah of Bil’in … Continue reading


Updated on January 4, 2011
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Israeli forces kill woman in Bil’in

Posted on: January 1, 2011
Israeli forces kill woman in Bil’in

1 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Doctors at the Ramallah hospital fought for Jawaher Abu Rahmah’s life all night at the Ramallah Hospital, but were unable to save her life. Abu Rahmah suffered from severe asphyxiation caused by tear-gas inhalation yesterday in Bil’in, and was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital unconscious. She was diagnosed as suffering from poisoning caused by the active ingredient in the tear-gas, and did not respond to treatment.

Jawaher is the 21st person to be killed at a demonstration against the Wall.

Over a thousand people heeded to the call issued by the Bil’in Popular Committee … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2011
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List of demonstrators killed during protests against the Wall

Posted on: December 30, 2010

22. 10 December 2011:
Mustafa Tamimi, age 28
Evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva after being shot in the face by a tear gas canister at close range during the weekly protest in Nabi Saleh on 9 December 2011. He died from his wounds.

21. 1 January 2011:
Jawaher Abu Rahmah, age 36
Evacuated to Ramallah hospital after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in on 31 December 2010. She died of poisoning the next morning.

20. 5 June 2009:
Yousef ‘Akil’ Tsadik Srour, age 36
Shot in the chest with 0.22 calibre live ammunition … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2011
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Beit Hanoun demonstration commemorates Cast Lead massacre

Posted on: December 30, 2010
demonstration in Beit Hanoun

28 December 2010 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

A demonstration commemorating the beginning of “Operation Cast Lead” was held Tuesday in the Gazan city of Beit Hanoun. Families of victims were in attendance, as were 5 International Solidarity Movement activists. Two years have passed since the Israeli attacks on Gaza, which killed over 1400 people in just 23 days. The vast majority of victims were civilians, including 350 children, according to the United Nations and other major human rights organizations.

The Local Initiative demonstration began at the railway street in Beit Hanoun, near some of the most horrendous attacks which occurred during … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2010
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Santa Claus brings rubber bullets, tear gas, and arrests

Posted on: December 25, 2010
Santa Claus brings rubber bullets, tear gas, and arrests

25 December 2010 | International Solidarity Movement

While the media’s attention was focused on the Christmas spectacle in Bethlehem and people were celebrating Christmas eve, the village of An Nabi Saleh, located in the Ramallah region and in the direct neighborhood of the illegal settlement Halamish, faced another reality. Yesterday’s demonstration was met by excessive violence on behalf of the Israeli military. Several people were injured; three Israeli activists and one Palestinian member of the community got arrested.

Even before the demonstration began, at about 9:00am, several Israeli jeeps entered … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2010
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Demonstration to re-open Shuhada Street returns to Hebron

Posted on: December 25, 2010

25 December 2010 | Youth Against Settlements

Saturday, in the city of Hebron, Israeli occupation forces suppressed an anti-settlement movement in the city to reopen Shuhada Street. Two internationals and two Israeli activists were arrested; four activists were beaten.

Seventy activists participated in the demonstration, which took place at the eastern entrance to Al-Shuhada Street, which was closed by the Israeli military in 1994.

Participants raised Palestinian flags and banners, demanding that Shuhada Street be opened, and an end to all forms of racial discrimination practiced by the occupation. They chanted—in Arabic, English and Hebrew–to condemn the closure of the street and the … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2010
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Festive demonstrators assailed with tear-gas in Bil’in

Posted on: December 25, 2010
Festive demonstrators assailed with tear-gas in Bil’in

25 December 2010 | Bil’in Village

At yesterday’s demonstration, a number of Bil’in’s citizens as well as a local journalist were wounded, in addition to the dozens of people who suffered choking from inhaling poison gas.

These events come during a week of international solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the occasion of Christmas. The demonstration, organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and settlement of Bil’in, began after Friday prayers from the centre of the village and marched towards … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2010
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