Tag: CNN

  • CNN: West Bank wall still triggers weekly protests in village

    CNN 12 February 2010 Tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and rocks: It must be Friday afternoon in the West Bank village of Bil’in. It’s billed as a nonviolent protest against what Israel calls its security barrier, what the Palestinians call the apartheid separation wall. The barrier separates the villagers from their farmlands. Protesters come…

  • CNN: In Gaza, living with anger and fear

    By Ashley Fantz | CNN (CNN) “Listen, listen to this!” shouts Fida Qishta as the crackling of rockets is heard over her phone receiver. “It’s difficult for anybody to imagine that in a second, maybe when I am talking to you on the phone, maybe something [will] happen to me or to my family,” the…

  • CNN: Israeli bulldozer kills American protester

    RAFAH, Gaza (CNN) — An Israeli bulldozer killed an American woman Sunday who had been protesting its use to destroy Palestinian houses in Rafah. The woman, Rachel Corrie, 23, of Olympia, Washington, was taken to a hospital, where she died of her injuries. She was a senior at Evergreen State College in Olympia but was…