Tag: Tear-Gas Canister

  • Bil’in Land Day demonstration met with violence, long-range tear gas

    Bil’in Land Day demonstration met with violence, long-range tear gas

    2nd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Bi’lin, occupied Palestine On 1st April 2016, the village of Bi’lin marked the 40th anniversary of Palestine’s Land Day during their weekly nonviolent Friday demonstration. Israeli forces attacked the peaceful demonstrators with a wide range of weaponry. The protesters marched towards the illegal apartheid wall…

  • Targeting of civilians with excessive force in Ni’lin

    Targeting of civilians with excessive force in Ni’lin

    1st April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 1st April, the weekly non-violent protest in Ni’lin village commemorated the Palestinian Land Day – and was, as every week, attacked by Israeli forces with endless rounds of tear gas, including long-range tear gas canisters that mainly targeted civilians. The demonstrators,…

  • Targeting of children and civilians in Ni’lin

    Targeting of children and civilians in Ni’lin

    19th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 18th March 2016, Palestinian villagers of Ni’lin protested against the Israeli land-theft and illegal settlements and the continuous violence Israeli forces use to stifle the weekly non-violent protests. Villagers commemorated Rachel Corrie, an American activist killed by Israeli forces in Gaza,…

  • Targeting playgrounds in Ni’lin

    Targeting playgrounds in Ni’lin

    14th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine On Friday, 11th March 2016, Israeli forces again attacked the non-violent protest in Ni’lin in the occupied West Bank, showering the village, including a public park and playground, in tear gas. For years the villagers of Ni’lin have been protesting the illegal…

  • Israeli forces attack peaceful demonstration and suffocate civilian population

    Israeli forces attack peaceful demonstration and suffocate civilian population

    5th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine On 4th March 2016, the village of Ni’lin held their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli occupation, the illegal settlements and the theft of the village’s land. Israeli forces attacked the peaceful demonstration inundating the whole area with massive amounts of tear…