Throughout the month of October the resistance in Ni’lin has continued unabated, with demonstrations often several days a week, the residents of Ni’lin, accompanied by Israeli and international supporters have continued to be successful in at least delaying the construction of the Annexation Barrier, which if completed on its planned path, would confiscate 90% of Ni’lin’s agricultural land.
Using a variety of techniques, including throwing stones symbolically at the bulldozers tearing up the olive trees of Ni’lin, blocking the path of jeeps and bulldozers with rocks, and cutting open any structure that the Israeli Occupation Forces put up to protect the construction of the illegal barrier, the Palestinians of Ni’lin have continued to demonstrate … Continue reading

Mohammed Khawaja, age 12

I live with my family in Ni’lin. We live on the ground floor of the house, my two uncles and their families live on the first floor, and my grandmother lives on the second floor.

Last Thursday [11 September], around 3:00 A.M., I woke up from my mother’s shouts. She was shouting, “Get up! Get up! The army is here!” My father wasn’t home that night. I got up and went out with her to the inner courtyard of the house. There were about 12 soldiers there, and their faces were painted black. One soldier wore a black hat that covered his face. He sat on the stairs outside the house and didn’t take part. I think he … Continue reading

On September 23 Ahed Khawajeh, one of the most active members of the Popular Resistance against the Annexation Barrier in Ni’lin, was accompanying a group of European Union Parliamentarians on a survey of the land that is to be confiscated by the Annexation Barrier. He, along with the mayor of Ni’lin and two other members of the Popular Committee and the members of EU Parliament, were approached by Israeli soldiers who told them they were forbidden to access their land and that the entire area was a closed military zone. The Ahed and the others began to leave but as Ahed turned back, he was hit directly in the face with a tear gas canister shot from within … Continue reading

On Wednesday, September 17, more than 50 Israeli supporters of Palestinian Independence joined the residents of Ni’lin in another demonstration against the construction of the Annexation Barrier. In addition to the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall, a constant presence at Anti-Barrier demonstrations, members of the ultra-orthodox Naturei Karta sect of Judaism and other Israeli peace activists joined Palestinians in the center of town. The group then marched towards the edge of the village where Israeli Occupation Forces met them and began shooting tear gas at the crowd. Two small groups of activists managed to get around the soldiers and made their way to the bulldozers, stopping their work for several … Continue reading

This Friday residents of Ni’lin were joined by dozens of supporters, including leaders from the Anti-Wall movements in Budrus, Al-Ma’asara and Bi’lin, to commemorate the deaths of two young men, Ahmed Mousa, 10, and Yousef Amira, 18, during their own struggle against the Annexation Barrier. Members of the community, including the head of the city council and a relative of Yousef’s, spoke to a crowd of hundreds of people about the struggle against the confiscation of their land and the need to continue the resistance in Ni’lin. Ayed Morrar, the leader of the most successful anti-Wall struggle in the nearby village of Budrus, spoke movingly about the connection of Ni’lin’s struggle to struggles reaching back 5 years … Continue reading

Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti says Defense Minister Barak, soldiers responsible for critical injury of mentally ill Palestinian in West Bank village should be tried by International Criminal Court in Hague. Rights groups urge attorney general, judge advocate general to launch investigation into incident.

by Ali Waked

Left-wing organizations have called for a military investigation into the critical injury of a mentally ill Palestinian by rubber-coated steel bullets fired at him in the West Bank village of Naalin on Monday.

The organizations appealed to Judge Advocate General Avihai Mandelblit and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz and urged them to probe the matter.

Many neighbors flocked Monday to the Srur family home following the injury of one of its sons, Ayed Awad.

Abu Mahmoud, one of the … Continue reading

Thursday, August 28, the demonstration in Ni’lin began ‘unofficially’ hours before the appointed time, when soldiers took up posts around the edges of the village mid-morning. Not content with ‘simply’ firing tear gas canisters at pockets of youth with stones, by noon Israeli Occupation Forces were firing enormous amounts of tear gas into the center of town, not even taking care to see where they were firing, they rained down tear gas on young girls age 6-16 walking home from school. Several small girls panicked at the shots being fired and the clouds of tear gas surrounding them and began running into nearby homes crying and gagging on the suffocating gas. … Continue reading

On Thursday, August 14, more than 100 people gathered in the center of the town in Ni’lin and set out on a familiar path to the international and Israeli activists that have been supporting this popular resistance against the construction of the Annexation Barrier for several months now. Residents and solidarity activists got relatively close to the bulldozers, an accomplishment in and of itself after months of violent repression by the Israeli military. However, they were met with copious amounts of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and were forced back into the village. Soldiers then rained tear gas into the center of town and, in particular, shot at a … Continue reading

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From Anarchists Against the Wall

A private security guard, hired by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators in Ni’ilin. No one was hit by the bullets, but a number of demonstrators were hit by bits of stones that ricocheted as a result of the bullets’ impact.

The shooting began only several minutes into the demonstration, as demonstrators got close to the heavy machinery, and despite the fact that some of the protesters held their hands over their heads. There was absolutely no threat posed to the guards or work crew. The shooting was not preceded by stone throwing or any other … Continue reading

This Friday, more than 100 residents of Ni’lin along with their Israeli and international supporters held Friday’s midday prayer on the land near the site of the Annexation Barrier construction and then attempted to march towards the site of the construction. Though bulldozers do not work on construction on Fridays, participants wanted to march to the razor-wire fence that had been erected on Ni’lin land and attempt to dismantle it. During the prayer, Israeli Occupation Forces were spread out throughout the fields, just out of site and surrounding the group on three sides. After speeches about the need to continue the popular resistance, the participants set out to march towards … Continue reading