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…
By one of the houses of Nabi Saleh, a local boy and girl watched IDF soldiers chasing demonstrators through the village. At one point, one of the soldiers turned to the boy and reached his hand to him. The soldier was left apprehensive when the child did not respond to the apparent gesture of good…
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…
On Boxing Day (the day after Christmas), villagers and solidarity activists marched in Nabi Saleh in protest of the occupation and land theft. Some of the local youths wearing Santa Clause costumes, symbolizing a holiday marking ‘peace on earth’ were forced to flee the IDF’s tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. No major injuries…
The weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh launched this week from the centre of the village, as protesters, villagers and solidarity activists a like marched together towards the expropriated spring. The IDF attempted to disperse the march with tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. Soldiers raided the village, chasing after Palestinian…
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…
This Friday, there was no demonstration in Nabi Saleh. Nevertheless, when a few teenagers confronted IDF soldiers near the entrance to the village, a sniper targeted a 14-year-old boy, who sustained a gun shot injury from a live bullet (“tutu”) to his leg. The boy was then transferred to hospital by an ambulance. Recently there…
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…
