Tag Archives: Ni’lin

Anshel Pfeffer and Avi Issacharoff | Ha’aretz Israel Defense Forces sources said Saturday a tear gas canister that killed a Palestinian demonstrator Friday at a protest against the West Bank separation fence was likely fired in violation of orders. Bassem ...

April 17, 2009 Ni’lin villagers once again held a Friday demonstration against the illegal Apartheid Wall and in commemoration of Prisoner’s Day. Around 150 villagers, supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists, gathered after the prayer at the local clinic. ...

10 April 2009 The villagers of Ni’lin continued their struggle against the construction of the Apartheid Wall on their land with another weekly Friday demonstration on the 10th of April.  After the mid-day prayer, around 100 villagers carried signs against the occupation ...

23 March 2009 – Nancy and Michael Anderson hold a press conference about the condition of their son, Tristan Anderson, who was critically injured in Ni’lin when Israeli forces shot a tear-gas projectile directly at him.

30 March 2009 On March 30th, about 30 Palestinian villagers from Ni’lin, supported by international and Israeli solidarity activists, held a protest to commemorate Land Day. The nonviolent demonstration was stopped by Israeli forces on the outskirts of the village, ...

Justice for Tristan Tristan Anderson, an American citizen, was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Anderson was shot in the head with a tear gas projectile from around 60 meters by Israeli forces on ...

Barbara Lee Congresswoman Barbara Lee makes a statement regarding the American citizen, Tristan Anderson, who was shot in the head with a tear-gas projectile on 13 March 2009 by Israeli forces. Anderson, currently in critical condition at Tel Hashomer hospital ...

27 March 2009 Residents of Ni’lin, along with international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered to demonstrate against the construction of the Apartheid Wall on Friday, 27 March 2009. Shortly after protesters began marching on the main road in town, they ...

Stanley Heller | New Haven Register 26 March 2009 How much violence against Americans overseas will U.S. accept? Here’s a riddle. When is an American not an American? Answer: When he or she opposes crimes committed by Israel. Tristan Anderson ...

Starhawk | Al Arabiya 22 March 2009 As I write, my friend Tristan lies in intensive care in an Israeli hospital, shot in the head with a tear gas canister at a nonviolent demonstration in the West Bank town of ...