15 May 2009 Palestinians, accompanied by international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered to demonstrate against construction of the Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin. During the demonstration, a home of an elderly couple was occupied by soldiers, who used their roof to ...
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Israeli forces shoot young Palestinian girl in Ni’lin
For Immediate Release: 4:30pm, 15 May 2009: A 12-year old girl has been shot with 0.22 calibre live ammunition in Ni’lin Summer Amira, was shot by Israeli forces as she was standing on the roof of her home. Amira was ...
Read More »Israeli forces suppress Ni’lin demonstration
8 May 2009 Before the start of the weekly Friday demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin, international solidarity activists visited homes that Israeli forces occupied last Friday. As soldiers were already present in the olive groves of Ni’lin, the ...
Read More »Misuse of firearms suspected in Ni’lin
Aviad Glickman | YNet News 4 May 2009 Deputy State Prosecutor Yehoshua Lamberger has ordered the police to update protocols pertaining to the use of crowd control measures in demonstration dispersals, Ynet learned Monday. The order followed several cases in ...
Read More »Israeli forces occupy Ni’lin homes to shoot at demonstrators
1 May 2009 On Friday, 1 May 2009 at 11.15am, an hour before the weekly Friday demonstration against the Apartheid Wall begins, Israeli forces entered the village of Ni’lin through the fields. Soldiers attempted to forcefully occupy two homes, for ...
Read More »Israeli forces shoot protester in the head with tear-gas during Ni’lin demonsration
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 ...
Read More »Israeli forces supress Prisoner’s Day demonstration in Ni’lin
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. ...
Read More »Israeli forces reintroduce use of high velocity tear gas projectile against demonstrators in Ni’lin
10 April 2009 The villagers of Ni’lin continued their struggle against the construction of the Apartheid Wall on their land with another weekly Friday demonstration on the 10th of April. After the mid-day prayer, around 100 villagers carried signs against the occupation ...
Read More »Israeli forces escalate suppression of Ni’lin resistance
27 March 2009 Residents of Ni’lin, along with international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered to demonstrate against the construction of the Apartheid Wall on Friday, 27 March 2009. Shortly after protesters began marching on the main road in town, they ...
Read More »Solidarity demonstration in Ni’lin
Tristan Anderson, a 38 year old American citizen, was critically injured during a demonstration in the village of Ni’lin after being shot in the head with a tear-gas canister from Israeli forces. Being unable to visit Tristan in the hospital ...
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