Tag: Long range tear-gas
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Remembering Ziad Abu Ein
13th December 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Huarra team | occupied Palestine Ziad Abu Ein- 22-11-1959/10-12-2014 On December 9th,2016, hundreds of people gathered in the small village of Turmas Ayya, north of Ramallah, to commemorate the death of Ziad Abu Ein, a high profile Palestinian politician, Minister and Fatah leader, who died after inhaling…
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Bil’in Land Day demonstration met with violence, long-range tear gas
2nd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bi’lin, occupied Palestine On 1st April 2016, the village of Bi’lin marked the 40th anniversary of Palestine’s Land Day during their weekly nonviolent Friday demonstration. Israeli forces attacked the peaceful demonstrators with a wide range of weaponry. The protesters marched towards the illegal apartheid wall…
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Peaceful tree planting met with force in Nabi Saleh
1st April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Nabi Salih, West Bank, Occupied Palestine On Friday 1st April, Palestinians from the town of Nabi Salih, along with international and Israeli activists, marched together in solidarity to protest the illegal Israeli settlement of Hamalish that has been built on and expanded over time on Palestinian land.…
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Targeting of civilians with excessive force in Ni’lin
1st April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 1st April, the weekly non-violent protest in Ni’lin village commemorated the Palestinian Land Day – and was, as every week, attacked by Israeli forces with endless rounds of tear gas, including long-range tear gas canisters that mainly targeted civilians. The demonstrators,…
