Photo by Ahmad Mesleh Palsolidarity
More than 150 residents of Ni’lin, international and Israeli activists attended today’s [Dec 11] weekly Friday protest against the Wall.
After the Friday prayer, which was held on the village’s land, demonstrators marched towards one of the gates, chanting slogans against the confiscation of Palestinian land...
When the demonstrators reached the gate and started climbing the Wall, a small number of soldiers arrived in a jeep and started shooting large quantities of tear gas canisters into the crowd. After the crowd dispersed, clashes erupted between the soldiers and the village youth, with soldiers using live ammunition against the demonstrators.
Simultaneously, the main entrance to the village was blocked by Israeli forces, preventing everybody from both entering and leaving the village.
After about one hour, a large number of soldiers entered the village’s land from two sides and started chasing the demonstrators towards the village, using large quantities of live ammunition.
One protester (27 years old) was shot just above the knee and was taken to Ramallah hospital immediately... Full story
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