On a Friday afternoon, a battalion of Israeli soldiers were using Nabi Saleh as a training ground, practicing several attack scenarios. When the locals confronted the soldiers, demanding the intruders leave their village, the soldiers began to fire barrages of tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition. In an attempt to target photographers who…
On Friday afternoon, youth from Nabi Saleh and surrounding villages confronted Israeli troops that congregated around the main entrance to the village. The convergence of Israeli troops around the village is aimed to provoke and intimidate Palestinian residents and those who drive on this thoroughfare from Ramallah. The youth attempted to repel the soldiers with…
On “Friday of the Tires,” as nicknamed by Palestinians, the Israeli military invaded the West Bank community of Nabi Saleh in the late afternoon. At the same time, thousands of Palestinians were burning tires near the de-facto border with Israel, demanding an end to the decade-long siege and their right to return to their homeland.…
