Tag: Ni’lin
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IDF still using banned weapon against civilian protestors
Chaim Levinson | Ha’aretz 19 September 2010 The Israel Defense Forces continues using the Ruger 10/22 rifle to disperse protests even though it has been prohibited by the military advocate general, a hearing at a military court revealed last week. A brigade’s former operations officer told the court he wasn’t even aware of the prohibition.…
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Night raids resume in Ni’lin
15 September 2010 | ISM Media At 3 a.m. this morning the Israeli army entered the West Bank village of Ni`lin and detained a Palestinian man, Barakat Nafi. This is the first house raid since before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan; there used to be one or two such raids every week. Soldiers came…
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Demonstrations against the illegal wall on the first day of Eid ul-Fitr
12 September 2010 | ISM Media The weekend of 10-11th September saw the start of Eid ul-Fitr, which ends the fasting observed during the holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim religion. Three villages around Ramallah – Bil’in, Ni’lin and An Nabi Saleh – held protests on Friday 10th September despite it being the first…
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West Bank protests against Israel’s many crimes violently dispersed by military: ten arrested
5 September 2010 | ISM Media Al Ma’sara At around midday on Friday, thirty demonstrators including around ten international and Israeli activists, met to protest against land-theft by the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat and against the illegal military occupation. The marchers carried a banner saying there should be “No Peace Show” until the…
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Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: More arrests at weekly demonstrations
23 August 2010 | ISM Media Bil’in The weekly demonstration in the village of Bil’in this week saw protesters draw attention to the recently published photos of the abuse of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli army. A handful of the protesters blindfolded and handcuffed themselves to draw attention to the mistreatment of prisoners and marched…