Tag: Ni’lin

  • Commander and soldier convicted for shooting of bound Palestinian

    Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 15 July 2010 An Israel Defense Forces court on Thursday convicted a former commander and a soldier involved in shooting a bound Palestinian at close range in the West Bank city of Na’alin two years ago. The affair unfolded after Lt. Col. Omri Burberg was filmed holding the blindfolded and bound…

  • West Bank protests mark 6th anniversary of ICJ’s ruling on Israel’s illegal Apartheid Wall

    10 July 2010 Al-Ma’sara: tearing down the wall The Popular Committee of Al Mas’ara supported by a number of Internationals and Israelis constructed and then demolished a symbolic wall to mark the sixth anniversary of the decision by the International Court of Justice that Israel’s Apartheid Wall is illegal. After afternoon prayers the villagers and…

  • Protestors hold firm around Palestine this week

    International Solidarity Movement 6 July 2010 An Nabi Salih The Friday protest in An Nabi Salih was passionate and vibrant as ever. Israeli Army jeeps pre-emptively invaded the village, setting up a roadblock at the main crossroads. Dozens of villagers, joined by a handful of international and Israeli activists, marched down the main street to…

  • Direct action around Palestine

    International Solidarity Movement 1 July 2010 Al Ma’asara The people of Al-Ma’asara’s again demonstrated peacefully last Friday, protesting against land seizures and settler harassment. Twenty villagers were joined by a handful of Israelis and internationals, marching from the village out towards the confiscated fields. For the second week running, the group was allowed to reach…

  • Israel to Reinvestigate the Shooting of US Activist Tristan Anderson

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 30 June 2010 The Israeli District Attorney announced last week that the police will revisit its investigation into the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson, who was critically injured by a high velocity tear gas projectile that was shot directly at him by an Israeli Border Police officer during an anti-Wall…