Tag: Ni’lin

On Monday 16th June 11 am the villagers of Nilin organised a protest march against the building site of the apartheid wall near Ni’lin. About 200 people participated, among them Israelis and internationals. The Israeli army shot tear gas and rubber bullets against the protesters. Eight people were wounded by rubber bullets, among them one…

By Kim Bullimore (www.livefromoccupiedpalestine.blogspot.com) To view the IWPS website click here Photos courtesy of IWPS and Activestills Ni’lin village has become the latest village to begin organising demonstrations against the building of the apartheid wall and the stealing of their farm land by the Israeli state. The village is located in the Ramallah district, approximately…

Villagers from Ni’lin defied an Israeli military curfew today to converge on the site where the apartheid Wall is being constructed on village lands. Some 200 villagers – men, women and children – together with international and Israeli solidarity activists, peacefully marched to the site where two bulldozers are clearing prime farmland and tearing up…