Category: Ramallah

  • VIDEO: Children assaulted and 3 women arrested at Nabi Saleh demonstration

    VIDEO: Children assaulted and 3 women arrested at Nabi Saleh demonstration

    21st March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Israeli forces arrested three women in Nabi Saleh and injured several protesters, one with live ammunition, during the village’s weekly Friday protest on March 13.  The demonstration was met with the usual military violence as Israeli forces threw stun grenades and fired live ammunition at  unarmed and peaceful protesters. After…

  • Palestinian protesters honor Tristan Anderson on 6th anniversary of his shooting

    Palestinian protesters honor Tristan Anderson on 6th anniversary of his shooting

    16th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine During last week’s Friday demonstration in Ni’lin the inhabitants of the village commemorated the anniversary of US activist Tristan Anderson’s shooting during a protest in the village six years ago. At the demonstration Israeli forces fired several hundred tear gas grenades and canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, and…

  • Demonstration in Bil’in honoring slain US citizens faces attacks and arrests by Israeli forces

    Demonstration in Bil’in honoring slain US citizens faces attacks and arrests by Israeli forces

    17 February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine On Friday 13th February, Israeli forces assaulted the demonstration in Bil’in with hundreds of tear gas rounds, dozens of stun grenades and pepper spray, injuring eleven Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators. Member of the Bil’in popular committee Mohammed Khatib  and a UK citizen and solidarity…

  • Violence in Ni’lin village: Repression, tear gas and arrests

    Violence in Ni’lin village: Repression, tear gas and arrests

    19th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine The soldiers surrounding Ni’lin did not wait; they began firing tear gas as soon as the villagers walked down into their olive groves. Those who had braved the cold, rainy weather to attend Ni’lin’s weekly Friday demonstration were forced to retreat, running choking from…

  • Live ammunition used at Nabi Saleh demonstration

    Live ammunition used at Nabi Saleh demonstration

    16th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine For five years now, residents of Nabi Saleh have been denied access to their spring. A source of irrigation for their crops, as well as a place for recreation: al-Qaws spring was the heart of this farming community. The illegal settlement of…