Nabi Saleh is a small Palestinian village located about 20 km northwest of Ramallah, with population of just over 530. The village is located on hilltop, amidst agricultural lands and olive groves. ‘Ayn Al-Qaws, a natural spring owned by Bashir Tamimi, a resident, was taken over by settlers of nearby Halamish in 2009. The settlement itself is built on lands confiscated from village’s residents.
Since 2010, the Ramallah-district village of Nabi Saleh has been staging weekly demonstrations, in which locals alongside Israeli and international solidarity activists have been taking part. The village is protesting the ongoing expropriation of agricultural lands for the purpose of expanding the nearby settlement of Halamish. This wave of weekly protests was launched after the settlers took over a water spring that belongs to the village, renamed it and have been using it as a recreational site. These protests have been met with excessive violence, as the Israeli army has been using tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, the “skunk,” stun grenades and even live ammunition in its attempts to disperse the demonstrators and squash dissent. Two of the village’s residents, Mustafa and Rushdi Tamimi, were killed within a year of each other. Mustafa was killed from a tear gas canister fired directly at his head while Rushdi was shot multiple times with live ammunition and rubber bullets. The Israeli army has regularly imposed a closed military zone order for the route demonstrators have taken, in an attempt to deter outside activists from participating and isolate residents from global outpour of support. Many international and Israeli activists have been detained over the years.
Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international activists gathered in Martyrs Square at the centre of Nabi Saleh, in order to mark the weekly Friday demonstration against the occupation and land annexation. Demonstrators marched down the street and into the nearby valley, reaching close to al-Qaws spring (expropriated by the settlement of Halamish) when they were…
The military court in Jaffa held a hearing for an IDF officer charged with unauthorized use of weapons, during an incident in which he fired live ammunition in the village of Nabi Saleh in June 2013. The accused arrived to his hearing as a free man, accompanied by his supportive friends. In the interim until…
Aptly called “Friday of the Land,” This week’s demonstration in Nabi Saleh commemorated Land Day, recalling 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli police in army while protesting land expropriation in the Galilee in 1976. Villagers accompanies by Israeli and international activists, including a Brazilian delegation, marched towards the al-Qaws spring, which was expropriated for the use…
This Friday’s demonstration was titled “Palestine is our mother and our freedom is our dignity” commemorating mother’s day, as well as the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Karameh, in which the Fateh resistance fighters defeated the IDF. Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists, marched from the centre of Ramallah-district village of Nabi…
Titled “the Wrath of the Martyrs,” the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh marked the escalation of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, that claimed the lives of several men this past week. Protesters, Palestinians, Israeli and international activists, marched from Martyrs’ Square, at the centre of…
Honoring Mu’taz Washaha from Bir Zeit, an activist murdered by the IOF a week prior, Palestinians and solidarity activists marched from Martyrs’ Square at the centre of Nabi Saleh towards the main road. Marking also international women’s day, prominent female protesters also confronted the soldiers who attempted to brutally disperse the march. One woman was…
On Valentine’s day, Palestinians and solidarity activists, Israeli and international, marched from Nabi Saleh’s main square. Under the banner “Palestine my love” protesters marched towards the village’s expropriated spring and surrounding fields. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets. No major injuries reported. If you like my work, please…
“We are all with Yarmouk,” chanted participants in the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh. Palestinians accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists marched today from Martyrs Square at the centre of the village towards Nabi Saleh’s expropriated lands, as the IDF attempted to dispersed them using tear gas canisters, rubber coated…
English and Arabic subtitles can be found on the CC bottom on the video’s toolbar. “The military claimed, according to what I read, that the soldier didn’t see what he was firing on. His claim is implausible, because there was a rock in the direction of the shooting, nothing else, So there was no reason…
Two years have passed since the killing of Mustafa Tamimi who was shot to death by an IDF soldier from within an armoured jeep. The village of Nabi Saleh marked the second anniversary of his killing this Friday, with a march that began at his graveside. Speakers also mentioned the late great Nelson Mandela and…
