Tag: Rubber-coated steel bullets
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Prayers end with tear gas in Ras Karkar
March 8, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Ras Karkar, occupied Palestine This Friday, the inhabitants of the villages around Mount al-Risan–where an outpost has been established by illegal settlers on Palestinian land–gathered for a day of peaceful protest and prayer. As soon as the religious ritual ended, the military ritual began. Before…
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Palestinians in prayer shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas.
March 01, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Ramallah, occupied Palestine Non-violent peaceful protesters met with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets in Ras Karkar. In 2018, settlers invaded land atop al-Risan Mountain, which overlooks the three villages Ras Karkar, Kafr Ni’ma and Kharbatha Bani Harith. Since then local Palestinians have gathered in…
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Hebron: non-violent protestors, press attacked by occupation forces
February 22, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil, occupied Palestine This afternoon Israeli occupation forces attacked a non-violent demonstration organised by Palestinian civil society and attended by locals, internationals and Israelis. Protestors demanding an end to the illegal occupation of Al-Khalil were attacked by Israeli soldiers and border police who fired tear…