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Israeli forces shoot protester in the head with tear-gas during Ni’lin demonsration

Posted on: April 28, 2009

25 April 2009

On Friday the 25th of April at 12.30 pm the weekly prayer demonstration was carried out in Ni’lin. Approximately 100 Ni’lin residents, accompanied by international and Israeli solidarity activists took part in the demonstration. The Israeli army was already present at the usual prayer site before residents arrived. During the demonstration, Israeli forces shot tar gas canisters directly at protesters, causing four to be injured including one who was shot with a canister in the head. Another 22 were heavily tear-gassed … Continue reading


Updated on April 29, 2009
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Non-violent protests against West Bank barrier turn increasingly dangerous

Posted on: April 28, 2009
Palestinians and international protesters try to escape from teargas shot by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bil'in. Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

Rory McCarthy | The Guardian

27 April 2009

It began calmly enough with a march down the high street after midday prayers at the mosque. Palestinian villagers were surrounded by dozens of foreigners singing and waving flags. They turned and headed out to the olive-tree fields and up towards the broad path of Israel’s West Bank barrier. There, behind a concrete hilltop bunker, the Israeli soldiers looked down on … Continue reading


Updated on April 28, 2009
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Heed voices calling for justice for Palestinians

Posted on: April 25, 2009

Huwaida Arraf | The Seattle Times

24 April 2009

We Palestinians are often asked where the Palestinian Gandhi is and urged to adopt nonviolent methods in our struggle for freedom from Israeli military rule. On April 18, an Israeli soldier killed my good friend Bassem Abu Rahme at a nonviolent demonstration against Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land. Bassem was one of many Palestinian Gandhis.

One month prior, at another demonstration against land confiscation, Israeli soldiers fired a tear-gas canister at the head of nonviolent American peace activist Tristan Anderson from California. Tristan underwent surgery to remove part of his frontal lobe … Continue reading


Updated on April 25, 2009
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B’Tselem to Judge Advocate General – order security forces to stop firing tear-gas grenades directly at people

Posted on: April 23, 2009

B’Tselem

22 April 2009

Last Friday, 17 April, during a demonstration in Bi’lin, in the Ramallah District, a soldier fired a tear-gas grenade from an increased distance at Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahma, 30. The grenade left a hole in his chest, causing massive internal bleeding, which led to his death. Two video clips filmed at the site prove that Abu Rahma was standing on the eastern side of the fence, about thirty meters from the soldiers, when he was hit. The video clips also show that during the incident, he did not throw stones, did not damage the fence, and … Continue reading


Updated on April 23, 2009
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Palestinians mourn demonstrator’s death

Posted on: April 19, 2009

Al Jazeera

18 April 2009

Bil’in buries Basem Abu Rahme and residents discuss the lethal use of a high velocity tear gas projectile by Israeli forces against unarmed demonstrators.


Updated on April 19, 2009
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Israeli forces: protester’s death likely due to unauthorized fire

Posted on: April 19, 2009

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 Abu Rahmeh, 31, was killed during a protest in the West Bank village of Bil’in, a flash point for confrontations between soldiers and anti-fence protesters.

The Bil’in shooting occurred during a protest during which around 100 demonstrators hurled stones at soldiers and tried to destroy the fence, army sources said. Abu Rahmeh sustained severe chest injuries and was transferred to … Continue reading


Updated on April 19, 2009
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Israeli forces supress Prisoner’s Day demonstration in Ni’lin

Posted on: April 19, 2009
Ni'lin youth show solidarity with political prisoners

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. Several demonstrators wore shirts urging solidarity with the thousands of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Israeli forces stationed in the fields in the outskirts of the village started firing tear gas at the clinic even before the prayer was finished. … Continue reading


Updated on April 19, 2009
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Demonstrator killed in Bil’in by Israeli forces

Posted on: April 17, 2009
Basem Abu Rahme, killed by Israeli forces

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Friday, 17 April 2009, Bil’in Village: A resident has been killed by Israeli forces during a demonstration. Basem Abu Rahme, 29 years of age, was shot in the chest with a high-velocity tear gas projectile. He was evacuated to Ramallah hospital in critical condition, where he died of his injury. According to eyewitnesses, Basem was on a hill with several journalists to the side of other demonstrators. Soldiers opened fire from 40 meters, aiming directly with the tear-gas projectiles.

The tear-gas projectile, labeled … Continue reading


Updated on April 21, 2009
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Press conference held by parents of Tristan Anderson

Posted on: April 8, 2009

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.


Updated on April 9, 2009
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Funds needed for Tristan Anderson’s medical expenses

Posted on: April 1, 2009
Funds needed for Tristan Anderson’s medical expenses

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 13 March 2009.

Tristan (38), is currently in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv. To date, he has undergone 3 brain surgeries.  During the first operation, part of Tristan’s right frontal lobe had to be removed, as it was penetrated by bone fragments. A brain fluid leakage was … Continue reading


Updated on July 1, 2009
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