Tag: Apartheid Wall

  • Ni’lin continues with strong will despite Israeli raids

    8 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank  and Ni’lin Sons Group On the 7th of August at 2:30am, 13 military jeeps entered the village of Ni’lin, took control of its southern region, and proceeded towards the nearby village of Qibya to arrest a Palestinian following an aggressive raid the previous night. Locals curious…

  • Military resorts to violence in Al Walajah peaceful demonstration

    Military resorts to violence in Al Walajah peaceful demonstration

    27 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A peaceful protest against the construction of the apartheid wall in the village of Al Walajah was brought to a violent end by the Israeli army this morning with five arrests. At 09:00 AM a group of Palestinians, Israelis and international activists walked through the village’s…

  • Ni’lin demonstrator hit with shrapnel during weekly protest

    23 July 2011 | Ni’lin Village Today in Ni’lin, one demonstrator was hit with shrapnel and dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation during the suppression by the Israeli occupation forces of the anti-wall weekly protest. The march organized by The Ni’lin Popular Committee was supported by many Palestinians, International’s and Israeli peace activists. Upon arrival…

  • Hole in the wall at Qalandia checkpoint

    10 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On 9th July, a group of twenty Palestinians accompanied by twenty internationals, managed to cut through some fence near the checkpoint at Qalandia. The direct action was organised by Welcome to Palestine as part of the Week of Action in the West Bank. The action was…

  • Israeli military targets al Khalayla in demolitions

    11 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday, July 11th, the Israeli military demolished 5 buildings of local Palestinian businesses in the closed neighborhood of al -Khalayla near al-Jib village outside of Jerusalem. At 6:30am the owner of a window shop received a call  from the Israeli military that part of his business’s building structure would…