Tag: Apartheid Wall
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Ni’lin filled with tear gas during demonstration against continued loss of land and isolation
11th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine Israeli forces began firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets even before Friday’s protest had begun, as the people of Ni’lin were gathering near the local school to begin their march against the Apartheid Wall and continued loss of land. The protest was initially…
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Four people shot in the first 5 minutes at Nabi Saleh protest
3rd April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine The weekly Friday protest in Nabi Saleh was met with extreme violence by Israeli Occupation Forces. Four people were shot in the first five minutes of the protest. One man and one woman were shot and wounded by snipers using .22 caliber live…
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Palestinian protesters honor Tristan Anderson on 6th anniversary of his shooting
16th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine During last week’s Friday demonstration in Ni’lin the inhabitants of the village commemorated the anniversary of US activist Tristan Anderson’s shooting during a protest in the village six years ago. At the demonstration Israeli forces fired several hundred tear gas grenades and canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, and…
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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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VIDEO: Palestinian and international activists cross makeshift bridges over the separation wall
14th November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine Friday morning around 50 Palestinian and international activists used makeshift bridges to cross the Apartheid wall between Qalandiya and Northern Jerusalem. This non-violent direct action was in response to the restrictions Israel had placed on Palestinian worshippers wishing to access Al-Aqsa Mosque in the past months. Activists scaled the…
