Tag: Ni’lin

  • Funds needed for Tristan Anderson’s medical expenses

    Justice for Tristan Tristan Anderson, an American citizen, was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Anderson was shot in the head with a tear gas projectile from around 60 meters by Israeli forces on 13 March 2009. Tristan (38), is currently in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv. To…

  • Congresswoman Lee makes statement regarding Tristan Anderson

    Barbara Lee Congresswoman Barbara Lee makes a statement regarding the American citizen, Tristan Anderson, who was shot in the head with a tear-gas projectile on 13 March 2009 by Israeli forces. Anderson, currently in critical condition at Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, was shot during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’lin.

  • Israeli forces escalate suppression of Ni’lin resistance

    27 March 2009 Residents of Ni’lin, along with international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered to demonstrate against the construction of the Apartheid Wall on Friday, 27 March 2009. Shortly after protesters began marching on the main road in town, they were attacked with tear gas by Israeli forces. The army maintained a presence in the…

  • Are you listening, President Barack Obama?

    Stanley Heller | New Haven Register 26 March 2009 How much violence against Americans overseas will U.S. accept? Here’s a riddle. When is an American not an American? Answer: When he or she opposes crimes committed by Israel. Tristan Anderson of Oakland, Calif., stood in a Palestinian village, Ni’lin, taking photographs on March 13. He…

  • Tristan Anderson: A voice for justice in Palestine

    Starhawk | Al Arabiya 22 March 2009 As I write, my friend Tristan lies in intensive care in an Israeli hospital, shot in the head with a tear gas canister at a nonviolent demonstration in the West Bank town of Ni’lin. Tristan was working with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that brings internationals to…