Tag: Demonstration

  • Kufr Qaddoum: Israel fires at peaceful protest, man injured in head

    By Amina Simonsson 14 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, July 13, several protesters were injured when the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired tear-gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the weekly peaceful demonstration in the Palestinian village of Kufr Qaddoum. One man was shot in the head by a tear-gas grenade…

  • Palestinian demonstrator arrested at weekly Kufr Qaddum protest

    By Marshall Pinkerton 7th July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank   The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently suppressed the weekly demonstration at Kafr Qaddum on Friday the 6th of July, injuring one man, and arresting another. Majid Joomaa, 40 years old, was arrested as the IOF stormed the village. Joomaa, who is a…

  • Susya: Entire village under threat of demolition, several hundred protest

    By Nina Larsson 22 June 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, June 22, several hundred Palestinians and solidarity activists gathered in Susya to demonstrate against the demolition orders imposed on them. Earlier this week, Israel issued orders threatening to demolish the entire the southern West Bank village of Susya. At least 5…