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More deaths and injuries from US tear gas in Palestine, around the Middle East, and in Oakland

Posted on: January 15, 2012
Tear gas canister fired at p rotesters in Bil'in in 2009, with CTS headstamp - Photo by ActiveStills.

15 January 2012 | Adalah-NY

US-made tear gas, manufactured by companies like Combined Systems Inc. (CSI), Defense Technology, and Nonlethal Technologies, continues to be used by governments including Egypt, Israel, Yemen, Bahrain and the United States to repress popular protest movements for social justice.

In response, human rights advocates will protest again on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 16th, 2012, outside CSI’s Jamestown, Pennsylvania headquarters (see pastProtests against Israel’s tear gas use). In advance of the protest, reports indicate that CSI has replaced the Israeli flag that previously flew alongside the US flag outside its headquarters with … Continue reading


Updated on January 15, 2012
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Ni’lin honors its heroes and urges military to “Stay Human”

Posted on: December 30, 2011
Ni’lin honors its heroes and urges military to “Stay Human”

by Barbara and James

30 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Volleys of tear gas, rubber coated steel bullets and live ammunition is how the Israeli Army met a small demonstration in remembrance of 2 martyrs, in Ni’lin today. Starting after Friday prayers approximately 25 Palestinians and 6 internationals made their way from the village through olive groves to the Apartheid Wall to commemorate the murder of Mohammed Khawaje and Arafat Khawaje on the 28th December 2008. Mohammed was shot in the forehead with live ammunition and … Continue reading


Updated on December 31, 2011
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Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges

Posted on: December 4, 2011
Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges

by Charlotte Silver

3 Demember 2011 | The Electronic Intifada 


“If he had been a Palestinian, he would have gone to the Ramallah hospital and died,” Gabby Silverman said firmly.

Silverman was close enough to Tristan Anderson that she didn’t even have to shout for him to hear her when he was shot in the head by the Israeli border police.

Anderson was 37 years old when he was shot in the right corner of his forehead by a high velocity tear gas canister … Continue reading


Updated on December 4, 2011
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Israeli forces enter Ni’lin with tear gas and ammunition

Posted on: December 3, 2011

by  Jenna Bereld
3 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
After Friday’s peaceful demonstration in Ni’lin on 2 December, the Israeli military occupation forces entered the village and started following some of the demonstrators. When they caught up, they started to fire rubber coated steel bullets and live ammunition.
It’s nothing unusual that they fire live ammunition here, a witness says. But this is the first time they shoot after the demonstration has finished.
Ni’lin has most of its land in area C and the separation wall is built through the … Continue reading


Updated on December 7, 2011
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Proceedings in US national’s civil suit over West Bank injury to begin

Posted on: November 13, 2011

13 November 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

UPDATE: The opening court date has been postponed from 17 November to 24 November 2011.

Tristan Anderson, a US National, suffered a life-threatening injury after being shot in the head with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during an anti-Wall demonstration on March 13th, 2009.

On 13 March 2009, Israeli Border Police officers shot US activist from California, Tristan Anderson, in the head with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during a demonstration in the West Bank Village of Ni’ilin. He was shot from a distance of about 40 meters away, at a time when no clashes or protesters were in his immediate vicinity. As a result of the shooting, Anderson suffered serious brain damage and the loss of his eye, as well as being paralyzed on half of his … Continue reading


Updated on December 4, 2011
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Nil’in: The solitary confinement of olive trees

Posted on: November 1, 2011
Harvest beyond the barrier - Click here for more imagines

by Aida Gerard 

31 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The selective Israeli permission system prevents many families from Nil’in from reaching their land behind the wall to pick  their own olives as the olive harvest season nears its end. The families who received permissions have until the 10th November to pick their trees Most of the Palestinians from Nil’in who received permission are women and young children studying, forcing them to choose between school obligations and the important harvest of olive trees.

In the morning the families who have land … Continue reading


Updated on November 5, 2011
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First time welcomed into Ni’lin

Posted on: September 23, 2011

23 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

At 1 pm the demonstration in Ni’lin started. 4 ISM volunteers helped to protest against the illegal, Israeli Apartheid Aall. After reaching the wall, the Israel army attacked us by using tears gas and rubber bullets. Some local protesters were hurt by the rubber bullets. After the demonstration, the new international volunteers were invited by a Palestinian man to his home.

It was amazing for us because we were foreigners, and we met him for the first time at the demonstration, and he was already inviting us over.

He said, “Don’t worry, feel at … Continue reading


Updated on September 23, 2011
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Help us release Ni’lin’s Ibrahim Srour from Israeli prison

Posted on: September 11, 2011

11 September 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

When I was in prison for organizing protest in my village of Bil’in, I knew that if I make bail or have to pay a fine to be released, someone would pay it. Worrying about such technicalities was literally the last thing on my mind. But now that I am free and other protesters are in prison, that knowledge has turned into a responsibility. My responsibility is to make sure other don’t have to worry about it as well.

Ibrahim Srour, a resident of Nil’in, has been imprisoned by Israel for nearly … Continue reading


Updated on September 11, 2011
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Ni’lin continues with strong will despite Israeli raids

Posted on: August 8, 2011

8 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank  and Ni’lin Sons Group

On the 7th of August at 2:30am, 13 military jeeps entered the village of Ni’lin, took control of its southern region, and proceeded towards the nearby village of Qibya to arrest a Palestinian following an aggressive raid the previous night. Locals curious about the raid  have yet to ascertain why the man was arrested.

This comes following an incitement to escalate tension by the Israeli military in a raid the previous night at 11:20 pm, when two military jeeps raided the town of Ni’lin from the opposite side … Continue reading


Updated on August 8, 2011
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No signs of ceasing resistance in Ni’lin

Posted on: August 6, 2011

6 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

On Friday, 5 August, the weekly demonstration against the illegal settlement near the Palestinian village of Ni’lin was held, despite the majority of its participants fasting for Ramadan. Although smaller than is usual it consisted of about forty people from the local community and a group of internationals from ISM and the Christian Peacemakers Team, some Israeli activists, and the Jordan Valley Solidarity Group.

The march succeeded in reaching the gate of the illegal annexation wall. Stopping in front of the huge metal construction, delegates from the Popular Committee of the village voiced their … Continue reading


Updated on August 7, 2011
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