Tag: Tear-Gas Canister

  • West Bank protests mark 6th anniversary of ICJ’s ruling on Israel’s illegal Apartheid Wall

    10 July 2010 Al-Ma’sara: tearing down the wall The Popular Committee of Al Mas’ara supported by a number of Internationals and Israelis constructed and then demolished a symbolic wall to mark the sixth anniversary of the decision by the International Court of Justice that Israel’s Apartheid Wall is illegal. After afternoon prayers the villagers and…

  • Protestors hold firm around Palestine this week

    International Solidarity Movement 6 July 2010 An Nabi Salih The Friday protest in An Nabi Salih was passionate and vibrant as ever. Israeli Army jeeps pre-emptively invaded the village, setting up a roadblock at the main crossroads. Dozens of villagers, joined by a handful of international and Israeli activists, marched down the main street to…

  • Direct action around Palestine

    International Solidarity Movement 1 July 2010 Al Ma’asara The people of Al-Ma’asara’s again demonstrated peacefully last Friday, protesting against land seizures and settler harassment. Twenty villagers were joined by a handful of Israelis and internationals, marching from the village out towards the confiscated fields. For the second week running, the group was allowed to reach…

  • Israel to Reinvestigate the Shooting of US Activist Tristan Anderson

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 30 June 2010 The Israeli District Attorney announced last week that the police will revisit its investigation into the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson, who was critically injured by a high velocity tear gas projectile that was shot directly at him by an Israeli Border Police officer during an anti-Wall…

  • Demonstrators refuse to be intimidated by military violence

    International Solidarity Movement 22 June 2010 Al Ma’asara After three years of being blocked from accessing their land on Fridays, Al Ma’asara villagers were granted permission on Friday to walk to the fields which will be confiscated by planned wall construction. Soldiers initially tried to block the route with razor wire but, as it was…