Tag: Tear Gas
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Israeli forces shot five in Kafr Qaddum
17nth April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Huwwara Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine This week’s Friday demonstration in Kafr Qaddum followed the same violent pattern as the previous ones during the past weeks. The Israeli occupation forces began their shooting before the demonstration even started. Soldiers and border police fired tear gas, stun grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammonition…
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Big turn out and high spirits at Wadi Fukin Land Day olive tree planting and protest
31th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al Khalil Team | Wadi Fukin, Occupied Palestine On Monday March 30th about two hundred people commemorated Land Day in the village of Wadi Fukin. The protest, which involved planting olive trees was a response to Israeli theft of village land. After midday prayer around two hundred Palestinians and internationals…
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Nabi Saleh Land Day Protest met with extreme violence and M16 live ammunition
30th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine On the 28th of March 2015, close to 200 protesters from all over the West Bank gathered in Nabi Saleh to protest the occupation in commemoration of Land Day. The protest was met with extreme violence as the Army and Border Police fired…
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Ni’lin demonstrators met with senseless violence
23th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine On the 20th of March, during Ni’lin’s weekly Friday demonstration, Israeli occupation forces attacked protestors with about 20 rounds of tear gas canisters shot with the ‘venom’ tear gas launcher mounted on a military jeep (which can launch up to thirty rounds of tear gas…
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VIDEO: Children assaulted and 3 women arrested at Nabi Saleh demonstration
21st March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Israeli forces arrested three women in Nabi Saleh and injured several protesters, one with live ammunition, during the village’s weekly Friday protest on March 13. The demonstration was met with the usual military violence as Israeli forces threw stun grenades and fired live ammunition at unarmed and peaceful protesters. After…
