Category: Reports
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Live Ammunition Fired at Nonviolent Demonstrators in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 9 April 2010 Facing tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition, roughly sixty Palestinians gathered outside of Ni’lin today. Joined by 15 Israeli and International activists, the demonstrators protested the Israeli occupation which has claimed over 40% of the village’s land. After congregating in nearby olive groves for midday prayers, demonstrators…
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Michigan Peace Team West Bank office raided
Michigan Peace Team 4 April, 2010 At two o’clock this morning, the Israeli Occupation Army forcefully entered a house in Huwara town, south of Nablus. The house, which was empty at the time, is used as an office for the MICHIGAN PEACE TEAM. According to some neighbors, who were watching the scene from their windows…
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Three hospitalized, one arrested as An Nabi Saleh celebrates Land Day
International Solidarity Movement 02 April 2010 On Friday, the village of An Nabi Saleh combined Land Day celebrations with their weekly demonstration against the illegal expansion of the Hallamish settlement onto village land. Speeches were held before the demonstration, and activists marched and resisted Israeli forces until sunset. Three demonstrators were injured and hospitalized, and…