Tag: Apartheid Wall

  • Israel Arrests Soldier Over Beaten Protester

    Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 8 October 2009 The move comes as concern mounts about Israeli methods in handling protests in the West Bank village of Bil’in. Village councillor Mohammed Khatib was treated in hospital after he allegedly was beaten to the head on September 15, during an attempt to arrest one of his friends.…

  • Ni’lin residents demonstrate against Apartheid Wall

    2 October 2009 Today about 70 people protested against the illegal Wall in Ni’lin. Less people than normal participated in the demonstration because of the olive harvest season. The demonstrators were attacked by the Israeli armed forces with a severe amount of tear gas, sound bombs and ‘skunk’ water.  The majority of the tear gas…

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in

    30 September 2009 Shortly before 2am, the occupation forces invaded Bil’in once again. They raided the house of Basil Mansour Ali Mansour (age 32), a member of the Bil’in Popular Committee, in an attempt to arrest him, but he was not at home at the time. About a dozen soldiers had entered the house when…