Photo Essay: Gaza City – Aftermath of the bombing

5 January 2013 | Occupied Palestine, Gaza City

 

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A man prays surrounded by the remnants of a governmental building in Gaza City.

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A building in Gaza City after being bombed by an Israeli F-16.

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Belal Almzannar stands in front of his house, next to the building where 10 members of the Al-Dalou family were killed. He lost his brother and grandmather in the bombing.

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A kid plays near the whole left in the ground by a bomb in an olive grove in Shuja´iyya.

Photos: http://desde-palestina.blogspot.com

Photo Essay: The funeral and burial of Rushdi Tamimi

20th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Policemen take Rushdi Tamimi´s body out of the morgue

Palestinian policemen waiting for the arrival of Rushdi Tamimi´s remains.

Rushdi Tamimi´s body is taken for a funeral procession through the streets of Ramallah.

Hundreds of people join the funeral procession in Nabi Saleh.

Rushdi Tamimi being lowered into his grave in Nabi Saleh.

Demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza: all over the West Bank, all over the world [Constantly Updated]

Since the bombing on Gaza started days ago, demonstrations all over the West Bank and in cities all over the wolrd, from Jerusalem to New York; have been happening every day. Here we present updates from these protests:

West Bank Updates:

November 17th:

Nablus

Around 200 people block the road near Huwwara checkpoint. Army uses tear gas on demonstrators. Around 10 palestinians arrested.

http://youtu.be/-8L-HiFgVLQ

Ramallah

Around 400 people demonstrating in front of Ofer Prison. Army uses tear gas, sound bombs and live ammunition to disperse protestors. At least 9 wounded. Two medics injuried, one of them critically.

via @JskwLeeds

Hebron

Clashes between demonstrators and the army near the old city. Tear gas and sound granades used on demonstrators. Border police enters a building to control the area. One person arrested.

Beit Ummar

Clashes with the army.

Jenin

Clashes with the army at Jalama Checkpoint. Several protestors arrested.

Nabi Saleh

Tear gas, skunk water  and live ammunition used on demonstrators. Three injuried, one of them by a bullet.

 

A selection of photographs from previous demonstrations:

Ramallah:

Bethlehem:

Jerusalem:

Tel Aviv:

London:

 

Boston

Photo Essay: Demonstration in Nabi-Saleh

by David Langstaff

9th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Palestinians rallying for the weekly demonstration against the Israeli occupation and the confiscation of land and water resources by Zionist settlers. More than 100 Palestinians and solidarity activists from around the world turned out in support.
Palestinian children at the rally holding photos of a Palestinian political prisoner.
Marching against Israeli occupation and settler encroachment.
Palestinian children participating in the march.
Israeli military forces respond to the march by spraying demonstrators with “skunk water,” a synthetic liquid which gives off a putrid smell that can remain in a victim’s clothing for up to five years.
Israeli military forces used massive amounts of tear gas against Palestinians and solidarity activists throughout the entirety of the demonstration. In addition to tear gas and “skunk water,” the Israeli military fired rubber-coated steel bullets and sound grenades at demonstrators, and at several points used live ammunition.
Demonstrators attempt to construct a barrier to protect them from the repression of the Israeli military forces.
Demonstrators try to evade tear gas as the standoff with the Israeli military drags on.
Backpack of demonstrator protesting Israeli apartheid policies in occupied Hebron (al-Khalil).

2 Internationals hit by tear gas canisters at the Bil’in weekly demonstration

By Vicky Blackwell
Photographs by Vicky Blackwell

9th November 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Today, during the weekly demonstration against the separation wall in Bil’in, 2 international activists were struck by tear gas canisters shot by the Israeli army. One Italian activist was struck by a canister in the leg and an American activist was struck by a canister in the foot.
The demonstration started as usual and marched through the olive groves towards the separation wall. There, lies a path running parallel to the wall with razor wire on either side of it. The peaceful demonstration marched up the path next to the wall to a gate at the top, where the army was waiting on the other side and used tear gas and sound bombs to disperse the protest. The protest then moved away from the wall towards the olive groves when the army started firing excessive amounts of tear gas at the protesters, it was at this point that an Italian solidarity activist was struck in the leg with a tear gas canister. Many people also suffered from inhalation of the gas.
Around an hour after the start of the demonstration, people started to leave and head back to the village. It was at this point, when it was clear that people were leaving the demonstration to return home, that the army fired many more rounds of tear gas at the few remaining people in the field. It was then that the American solidarity activist was struck in the foot with a tear gas canister (luckily the footwear of the protester prevented any significant injury).

 

The weekly demonstration starts in Bil’in
The demonstration arrives at the wall in Bil’in
Palestinian activists managed to reach the wall-gate in Bil’in before the army attempted to disperse the crowd using tear gas and sound bombs
Soldiers behind the wall
Soldiers observe the protest from behind the wall
Clouds of tear gas shot at the protestors in Bil’in
A protestor attempts to scale the wall
A protestor sits near to the wall in Bil’in
“The occupation will not remove us from our land” – Bil’in
The Italian activists injury from being stuck by a tear gas canister
A mark showing where an American activist was struck on his shoe by a tear gas canister

 

Vicky Blackwell is a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (name has been changed).