Tag: An Nabi Saleh

  • Continued military violence can’t shake determination of An Nabi Saleh

    International Solidarity Movement 1 May 2010 Israeli military violence on Palestinian land continued Friday in the village of An Nabi Saleh, where more than 100 non-violent demonstrators gathered to protest land confiscation and the ongoing apartheid. Shooting through windows, firing low-flying tear gas at protesters and arresting five, the military’s use of extreme violence has…

  • An Nabi Salih demonstrates in the face of rapacious repression

    International Solidarity Movement 10th April 2010 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) used tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, skunk, and percussion grenades to suppress the popular struggle in An Nabi Salih. Despite the repression, over 100 villagers joined by 30-40 Israelis and internationals demonstrated for over seven hours against Halamish settlement expansion and it’s usurpation of farmland…

  • 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…

  • An Nabi Saleh continues to defy military repression

    International Solidarity Movement 27 March 2010 In recent weeks there has been an escalation of Israeli military violence against the weekly demonstration in the village of An Nabi Saleh, which last week led to 25 injuries, as well as attacks on 12 homes and 3 cars. Despite this, approximately 100 villagers joined the demonstration on…

  • ISM volunteer shot, hospitalized; ISM co-founder arrested

    19 March 2010 UPDATE: Huwaida Arraf released on 20 March after being illegally under arrest for 31 hours. Eight of these hours were spent standing in the cold in the illegal Halamish settlement. During this time she witnessed the border police by whom she was detained abuse the two Palestinian men who were also illegally…