International Solidarity Movement

On Thursday, the 14th of August, peaceful protesters from the village of Ni’lin, who’s lands are being annexed by the construction of Israel’s apartheid wall, were met by extreme violence by the occupation forces.

Photos courtesy of Activestills

The army later came deep into the village of Ni’lin, bombarding streets and houses with teargas for several hours and injuring at least fifteen persons.

Following the invasion on the night of the 13th of August, when eight jeeps entered the village, shot massive amounts of teargas into the homes of sleeping … Continue reading

On Wednesday August the 13th 2008 a thirteen year old boy was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers and has reported that he was beaten. He was held for six hours before being released. Also, an epileptic shepherd from the West Bank village of Ni’lin told international activists that he was beaten up by Israeli soldiers when he attempted to take his sheep to his fields near his home at 9am.

The Israeli army has harassed the farmers of Ni’lin every morning for at least a week by sending soldiers to the road half way between the village and the construction site of … Continue reading

At 11 am on Monday August the 11th approximately 200 Palestinians, Israeli and international activists marched towards the construction site of the illegal apartheid wall in the West Bank village of Ni’lin.

Photos courtesy of Activestills

The wall annexes more than half of the current farming land of Ni’lin and more than 80 percent of the land belonging to the villagers before 1948. Even the land that the Palestinians of Ni’lin have left after the construction of the wall is restricted to them. On the morning of the protest the Israeli army blocked the road … Continue reading

At 1pm on Friday the 8th August the citizens of Ni’lin gathered as usual to pray on their land.

They were prevented from reaching the usual site of their Friday prayer by around twenty Israeli soldiers with dogs, and so had to pray in a field very close to the village while being watched by the army. A foul-smelling unknown substance was sprayed at protesters by Israeli soldiers, suspected to be animal waste.

After the prayer they gathered with Israelis and internationals in an attempt to march to the part … Continue reading

On the 7th of August around 300 hundred people protested against the building of the apartheid wall at the land of Ni’lin.

Video courtesy of Israel Puermam

The demonstration started at 11 am and marched from the village centre. It reached the construction site managing to stop the bulldozers from working for a while before being attacked and driven back by border police. They kicked, punched and arrested Palestinian, Israeli and international protesters, also using tear gas and sound grenades. In a continuing pattern of intimidation of Ni’lin’s Popular … Continue reading

On the 4th of August Yusuf Ahmad Amira was buried in Ni’lin. He was killed by Israeli soldiers, shot on 29th of July in Ni’lin after the funeral of Ahmed Mousa.

Video courtesy of Israel Putermam

The procession of the funeral was attacked by the army using tear gas, sound grenades and rubber bullets against the people who had come to pay their respects to Yusuf. The funeral gathered thousands of people.

On 29th of July Yusuf Ahmad Amira was shot twice in the … Continue reading

On the 1st August, Palestinian protesters, joined by Israeli and international solidarity activists, marched to the construction site of the apartheid wall in Ni’lin.

Photos courtesy of Activestills

Well over 100 meters of barbed wire at the site was eventually removed from the construction site and placed in front of the bulldozers so as to delay planned work on the wall the following day. This action was similar to the one that saw 10 year old Ahmed Mousa killed by Israeli forces on the 29th July…. Continue reading