Tag: Tear-Gas Canister
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Military teargases Kufr Qaddoum following nightly raids and arrests
by Alistair George 9 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military fired tear gas canisters directly at demonstrators in Kufr Qaddoum today in an aggressive response to the weekly protest against the closure of the main road linking the village with Nablus. Many people suffered from severe gas inhalation. After midday…
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Dozens teargased in the village of Bil’in west of Ramallah
by Sameer Bornat 9 December 2011 | Friends of Freedom and Justice-Bilin Dozens were wounded by poison gas suffocation in the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, with the participation of a delegation from Belgium, dozens of Palestinians, and international and Israeli peace activists. The march began…
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Palestinian protester severely injured in Nabi Saleh
by Jonathan Pollack 9 December 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Mustafa Tamimi, a 28 year old resident of Nabi Saleh, was shot in the face today, during the weekly protest in the village of Nabi Saleh. He sustained a severe injury to his head, under his right eye, and was evacuated to the Belinson…
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Israeli forces enter Ni’lin with tear gas and ammunition
by Jenna Bereld 3 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank After Friday’s peaceful demonstration in Ni’lin on 2 December, the Israeli military occupation forces entered the village and started following some of the demonstrators. When they caught up, they started to fire rubber coated steel bullets and live ammunition. It’s nothing unusual that…
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Beit Hannina: House demolitions without warning
25 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 11 AM this Thursday the 24 of November, Mohammed Ka’abne and his family of Beit Hannina, were shocked by the arrival at their doorstep of an Israeli military unit accompanied by several police officers and two bulldozers. Without issuing any kind of eviction order, or…
