Tag: Ni’lin

  • Bullets litter the ground in Ni’lin as soldiers granted more freedom to shoot

    11th December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine. Overnight Israeli soldiers invaded the small village of Ni’lin, population of around 5000 people. The soldiers were attempting to make arrests as part of wave of arrests in the West Bank following protests around the recent bombing in Gaza. A local Ni’lin resident said: “A…

  • Ni’ilin struggles on

    Ni’ilin struggles on

    By Anna September 12, 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday 7th September myself and four other international activists attended the weekly demonstration against the apartheid wall in the village of Ni’lin. Since 2004 the villagers of Ni’lin have been non violently protesting against the annexation of their lands. So far the village…

  • Resistance to Occupation continues in Ni’lin

    By Anna 10 September 2012| International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday 7th September five international activists attended the weekly demonstration against the apartheid wall in the village of Ni’lin. Since 2004, the villagers of Ni’lin have been non violently protesting against the annexation of their lands. So far the village has lost over 50,000…

  • The spirit of Ni’lin in the face of apartheid

    By Steve Plaank 2 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, June 29th, dozens of residents of the Palestinian village, Ni’lin demonstrated in opposition to the ongoing apartheid carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). The village of Ni’lin is located near the 1967 Green Line and has been a center…

  • Nakba Day: Palestinian group attempts to return to 1948 territories, one arrested

    By Ling Lewis 19 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank  A Palestinian man was arrested at Ni’lin checkpoint on Tuesday, April 15 during a Nakba Day demonstration. The procession successfully crossed the checkpoint which separates the West Bank from Palestinian territories seized in 1948. They were violently forced back by occupation soldiers and…