Tag: Demonstration
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Al Walaja, Beit Jala protest illegal wall construction
International Solidarity Movement 25 May 2010 Al Walaja Al Walaja village, close to Bethlehem, faces the threat of being totally isolated from the surrounding countryside by an apartheid wall which is currently under construction. When it is finished the only access villagers will have to the outside world is through a tunnel which can be…
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Bushfires ravage Iraq Burin amidst weekly demonstration
International Solidarity Movement 23 May 2010 The northern West Bank village of Iraq Burin demonstrated against the Israeli annexation of their farmlands today, resulting in the injury of one local protester by a tear gas projectile. Tear gas canisters landing on dry grass sparked bushfires in the hot climate, causing further damage to the contested…
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Soldiers fire at ambulance evacuating injured demonstrator
International Solidarity Movement 22 May 2010 The West Bank village of An Nabi Saleh held their weekly demonstration on Friday, attempting to reach the village land that has been annexed by the illegal settlement of Halamish. Demonstrators marched down from the village mosque till they were blocked by a line of Israeli soldiers and jeeps.…