Tag: Tear Gas
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Violence in Ni’lin village: Repression, tear gas and arrests
19th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine The soldiers surrounding Ni’lin did not wait; they began firing tear gas as soon as the villagers walked down into their olive groves. Those who had braved the cold, rainy weather to attend Ni’lin’s weekly Friday demonstration were forced to retreat, running choking from…
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Live ammunition used at Nabi Saleh demonstration
16th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine For five years now, residents of Nabi Saleh have been denied access to their spring. A source of irrigation for their crops, as well as a place for recreation: al-Qaws spring was the heart of this farming community. The illegal settlement of…
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VIDEO: Snow and rain does not stop Kufr Qaddum protest
9th January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Kufr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Dozens of demonstrators braved the rain today to protest the continued closure of the Kufr Qaddum’s main road to Nablus. A peaceful march began at noon after prayers ended. Villagers, alongside Israeli and international activists, walked up Kafr Qaddam’s main street as…
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VIDEO: “They look like they’re in a war zone, but what they’re aiming at is five-year-olds”
31st December | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine By 10:30 am on Tuesday morning of December 30, Palestinian children attending school near Qeitun checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron) had endured over forty tear gas canisters, multiple rounds of rubber coated steel bullets and stun grenades, and the arrest of a twelve-year-old boy. Israeli forces fired down the road…
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UPDATED: Palestinians continue the struggle against the Adei Ad outpost
20th December 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Turmusaya, Occupied Palestine Update 22 December: Palestinian activists Mohammed Khatib and Jaffar Hamayel, both arrested on December 19 while peacefully demonstrating in Turmusaya, were released today, December 22, on bail of 7500 shekel each. ***** Hundreds of Palestinian children, women, and men gathered at Turmusaya on Friday December…
