Tag: Tear-Gas Canister

  • 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…