Under torrential rain and braving the strong wind, villagers from Nabi Saleh marched this week, protesting the recent attacks on Islam and Muhammad. Demonstrators held signs in the praise of prophet Muhammad, and marched on the road towards the IDF soldiers who attempted to disperse them. Although the IDF deployed tear gas canisters, no major…
“State of all its refugees”. Around 70 protesters gathered at the centre of Tel Aviv near Dizengoff shopping centre to protest the incarceration of asylum seekers in Holot prison in the south, and in particular the harsh conditions imposed in them. Asylum seekers were forced to face the current winter storm without heating or even…
Marking the 50th anniversary to the founding of the Fateh movement, residents of Nabi Saleh march defiantly towards their confiscated lands and water spring, briefly taking over military-owned bulldozers parked near the checkpoint. The IDF attempted to disperse demonstrators using tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition (‘tutu’ bullets). No major injuries reported. If…
Jaffa-based activists welcome Samer al-‘Issawi, the former political prisoner and hunger striker, recently released from Israeli prison. ‘Issawi was received at the city’s historic clock tower square, where activists staged daily vigils calling for his release over an extended period of time. Update: during the summertime Israeli assault on Gaza, Samer Issawi was rearrested and…
In the aftermath of the death of Ziad Abu ‘Ein, residents of Nabi Saleh took the streets to protest his killing and carry on his fight against land annexations and settlements. Abu ‘Ein died shortly after an Israeli soldier assaulted him during a peaceful march in Turmus’aya the day before. He was the Palestinian minister…
As today’s weekly demonstration was about the end and the youth were about to disperse, an IDF officer and a sniper started walking towards them. This ignited some stone throwing and one of the boys was shot with live ammunition (“tutu”) in his leg. Only then IDF forces left the scene. The office and sniper…
Marking the second anniversary to the killing of Rushdi Tamimi by the IDF, residents of Nabi Saleh, including Rushdi’s family members marched to protest his killing and the routine killing of Palestinians by the Israeli army. The IDF fired live ammunition, injuring three protesters – two from neighbouring Beit Rima and another woman who was…
The popular struggle coordination committee organized a series of actions stressing the fundamental right of Palestinians to worship in al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem. A group of Palestinian activists climbed the apartheid wall in the vicinity of Qalandiyah checkpoint, and using makeshift bridges traversed to the other side as a symbolic gesture, marking their protest…
Residents of Bil’in, northwest of Ramallah, joined by many international and Israeli solidarity activists, marched on Friday to protest the ongoing occupation, land expropriation and Israeli disrespect of the right of Palestinians to worship in al-Aqsa. The IDF deployed in front of the separation wall, inside the village’s fields and olive groves, and attempted to…
Residents of Nabi Saleh marching on Friday to express their rage over the recent Israeli incursions into the al-Aqsa compound and the violent suppression of the freedom of religious worship. The Israeli army attempted to disperse demonstrators using tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition (tutu), which resulted in two injuries, one of them a…
