Tag: Bil’in
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Eid without a father and husband
16 November 2010 | Evie Soli, International Solidarity Movement An interview with the wives of Abdallah and Adeeb Abu Rahma Al Eid is a holy time of the year for Muslims. Families gather and visit each other over the four holidays, which are for most a time for families to be together. When one member…
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Weekly Demonstration Report — High Velocity Tear Gas Canisters used in an Nabi Saleh
14 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Al Nabi Saleh demonstrators assaulted with high velocity tear gas canisters and rubber bullets The weekly demonstration at Al Nabih Saleh took place again this Friday, one day after the six year anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death. One young boy was shot in the hand with a rubber…
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Israeli forces raid Bil’in in the night
9 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today at about 3 in the morning the Israeli army entered the village of Bil’in. About 50 soldiers came in by jeep and by foot. As they arrived to the two targeted houses, they ran and took positions outside, while a number of them entered the house of…
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Civil resistance to bring down the Walls
1 November 2010 | Ayed Morrar, Huffington Post Budrus, a documentary film now debuting across the US, tells the story of a successful protest campaign by unarmed Palestinian civilians against Israel’s military occupation in my small West Bank village. Our struggle’s success and the consequent expansion of civil resistance to other West Bank communities may…
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Israeli forces attack weekly West Bank demonstrations
22 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today in the village of An-Nabi Salah, the weekly non-violent demonstration took place against the illegal settlement Hamish. Unlike other villages taking part in non-violent resistance, many women, young girls and children participate in the protest. Today, there was a child demonstration. A commemoration also took place in…
