Tag: Ni’lin

  • Ni’lin holds two consecutive demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall

    December 26, 2008 On Friday 26th December, around 250 protesters turned out for the Friday prayer demonstration against the Apartheid wall in Ni´lin. There was a large international and Israeli presence there in solidarity with the Palestinians. The prayer started around noon followed by a march towards the construction site. The protesters were met by…

  • Three residents of Ni’lin arrested during night invasion

    December 22, 2008 At 2.30 am on the 22nd of December, more than 100 soldiers invaded the village of Ni’lin, abducting three people in their homes. A fourth person they were looking for was not captured. The three arrested were: Saeed Ibrahim Mustafa Amireh, 17 Mohammed Daoud Husain Khawaja, 17 Mohammed Abdallah Yousef Amireh, 32…

  • Ni’lin hold shoe demonstration against the occupation

    19th December 2008 At noon on Friday 19th December, around 150 protesters from the village of Ni’lin, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered in the village to protest against the construction of the Apartheid Wall being built on Ni’lin’s land. This demonstration took the form of a prayer protest on land close to…

  • Friday demonstration against the illegal apartheid wall in Ni’lin

    On Friday 12 December 2008 at 12 o’clock approximately 200 villagers from Ni’lin together with 15 internationals and Israelis protested against the construction of Israel’s illegal Apartheid Wall on their land. The level of violence from the Israeli army was high from the beginning of the demonstration. They shot live ammunition in the air regularly…

  • Twelve people injured as Israeli forces attack Ni’lin prayer demonstration

    Friday 5th December Palestinian residents of Ni’lin gathered, together with Israeli and international activists, at 11.30am for the weekly demonstration held by the medical clinic close to the land due to be confiscated by Israel. Twelve people were injured during the demonstration. Before the prayer ceremony was carried out, the Israeli army moved jeeps and…