Tag: Demonstration

  • Six people injured as Israeli forces attack Ni’lin prayer demonstration

    On Friday 21st of November a prayer demonstration was held in Ni’lin. During the demonstration 6 people were injured including one international activist who was shot by a teargas canister in his arm. Other demonstrators suffered by gas inhalation and rubber coated steal bullets. During the prayer, two jeeps parked out in the fields close…

  • One arrested and seven injured in Ni’lin prayer demonstration

    Friday, November 7, 2008 Six residents of Ni’lin and a Danish solidarity activist were injured today by Israeli forces as they demonstrated against the construction of the apartheid wall in the village of Ni’lin. One American solidarity activist was also arrested as the demonstration was coming to an end. Immediately after a group of 300…

  • Five people injured as Ni’lin maintains its resistance to the construction of the apartheid wall

    November 2, 2008 On the 2nd November, a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall began in Ni’lin at 1.30 in the afternoon. 50 Palestinians gathered with 6 internationals by the municipality and marched towards the construction site in hopes of intervening with the construction work on the wall. When the demonstrators were stopped by the presence…

  • Israeli forces attack residents of Ni’lin as they pray on their land

    Friday, October 24, 2008 The weekly prayer demonstration in Ni’lin began at 11.15am, when Israeli soldiers began to shoot tear gas at a group of residents attempting to pray on their land. Those praying moved to another spot, where the soldiers continued to shoot tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets directly at the crowd,…

  • Ni’lin demonstration manages to reach bulldozers

    Thursday, October 23, 2008. Around 10am, fifty Palestinians along with several international activists, marched towards the olive groves of Ni’lin to protest the construction of the Apartheid Wall. The demonstrators arrived at the bulldozers and began to shout and throw rocks at the vehicle. After 5 minutes, the Israeli army showed up at the scene…