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.
Residents of Nabi Saleh marched together with international activists, calling for Palestinian unity in the face of the ongoing occupation. The Israeli army attempted to suppress the march firing barrages of tear gas canisters and spraying foul-smelling liquid from its “skunk” truck. No major injuries reported. If you like my work, please also ‘like’ my…
Nabi Saleh residents staged homage to international activists who tried to break the siege on Gaza with the Freedom Flotilla. Protesters marched from the village’s central square towards the main road, where the IDF attempted to disperse them using the “skunk” truck and volleys of tear gas. If you like my work, please also ‘like’…
The weekly Friday demonstration was dedicated to the thousands of Palestinians, including underage youth, languishing in Israeli jails. Marchers chanted in support of the political prisoners and their sacrifice for the liberation of the homeland, while the IDF attempted to disperse them using tear gas canisters in addition to the “skunk,” as the vehicle spraying…
Anticipating the upcoming prisoner exchange deal with Israel, residents of Nabi Saleh dedicated their Friday demonstration to three prisoners from the village about to be released. Family members marched with photographs of their loved ones, languishing behind bars in Israeli jails as protesters called for the release of all political prisoners. The Israeli army chased…
Residents of Nabi Saleh marched on Friday against the entrenched Israeli occupation and the government intransigence. Although the march was peaceful, the Israeli military attacked protesters as soon as they reached the main road – first with the “skunk,” a vehicle spraying putrid liquid, then with volley of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets that…
Demanding the end for the Oslo Accords, which only entrenched the Israeli occupation and land expropriation, villagers from Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army. Marchers chanted against the Oslo accords and against the occupation, and walked towards ‘Ayn al-Qaws, a spring appropriated by Israeli settlers. The Israeli army fired barrages of tear gas, and then…
On the second Friday in the holy month of Ramadan, Palestinians and solidarity activists took the streets of Nabi Saleh protesting the ongoing Israeli occupation and land expropriation. Mocking the Israeli mass movement, Palestinians set up a tent, calling for social justice, this criticizing the Israeli activists who take to the streets of Tel Aviv…
