Category: Ramallah
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Palestinian activists destroy section of Apartheid wall
9th November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Beit Hanina, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, to mark the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall today, a direct action took place in Beit Hanina, a neighbourhood in Jerusalem. ISM and international volunteers supported the Palestinian-led action, which involved demolishing a section of the Apartheid wall using…
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ISM activist shot in the head with rubber-coated steel bullet
2nd November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine Today during a protest at Qalandia checkpoint, an Italian ISM volunteer was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet. The injury is just two centimetres above her left eye. Giulia, the ISMer, stated, “I was just standing on the side of a street, and…
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Clahes after funeral for murdered Orwa Hammad
27th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Silwad, Occupied Palestine Yesterday a funeral was held for 14-year-old Orwa Abd al-Hadi Hammad, shot dead by the Israeli military on Friday, in the small village of Silwad close to Ramallah. Orwa was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday, during a demonstration at the edge of the small village of…
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Israeli forces shot tear gas and live ammunition inside the village of Ni’lin
28th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine On Friday the 26th of September, Palestinians, Israelis and ISM activists demonstrated against the illegal settlements and apartheid wall that exist on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Ni’lin. The demonstration started with a peaceful march towards the apartheid wall. However, the unarmed protesters were…
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Tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and arrests
19th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Every week, several villages across the West Bank demonstrate against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This week, ISM activists attended protests in the villages of Bil’in, Ni’lin, and Nabi Saleh. During the demonstration in Bil’in, Israeli soldiers shot mass amounts of tear gas at peaceful protesters. Many Palestinians…
