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

Shortly after 11:00am Thursday, August 7, a group of approximately 50 Palestinian, international, and Israeli activists approached the worksite of the Annexation Barrier outside of Ni’lin. The area contained approximately 20 members of the Israeli Occupation Forces and a private security officer. Initially, soldiers responded to the activists’ presence with a minimal use of force, and Palestinian activists, along with Israeli members of Anarchists Against the Wall and internationals were able to closely approach one of the bulldozers. One Palestinian activist jumped onto the hood of the bulldozer and broke the windshield with a thrown stone. Demonstrators were successful in forcing the heavy equipment off site and interrupting operations … Continue reading

Yousef Ahmed Amira, 19, who was shot in the head by two plastic-coated steel bullets by the Israeli Occupation Forces after the funeral of 10 year old Ahmed Mousa in Ni’lin on July 30, died of his wounds on August 4th. Later that day, hundreds of men from Ni’lin and surrounding villages went to meet his body at a Ramallah hospital. When entering Ramallah, the procession was stopped by Palestinian Authority police who arrested 6 men for carrying Hamas flags. The mayor of Ni’lin pleaded with the police to avoid confrontation and release the men but it was not until part of the procession marched to the Palestinian Authority police … Continue reading

On Friday, June 27th, activists gathered in Al-Ma’asara, Betlehem District, for the weekly demonstration against the Annexation Barrier. This week, about 40 Palestinian activists were joined by about 20 Israelis and internationals.

At recent Al-Ma’asara demonstrations, activists have succeeded in partially opening the razor wire barrier. This week, a gap between the edge of the fence and the nearest permanent structure was blocked with pallets of stone tiles. The activists decided to attempt to go around the fence by climbing over the tiles.

After about 20 minutes, Israeli, international, and Palestinian protesters dashed toward the pallets and began climbing over the tiles. About a dozen soldiers and 2 police officers surrounded … Continue reading