Israeli forces attack Palestinian and international protesters in Occupied Territories

IMEMC - At the non-violent anti-Wall protests which took place on Friday afternoon, Israeli troops fired CS gas and other so-called 'non-lethal' weapons at demonstrators in Bil’in, Nil’in, and Nabi Saleh villages in the central West Bank, in addition to Al Ma’sara in the south. A 12-year old was wounded.

… These weekly anti-Wall protests across the West Bank in villages whose land is being confiscated by Israeli authorities are at the center of a non-violent resistance movement that traces its roots to the inspiration of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the South African anti-apartheid movement. Leaders in the non-violent movement in Palestine have been attacked and imprisoned by Israeli authorities, including Abdullah Abu Rahma of Bil'in, who had his sentence extended last week for another six months – he was initially charged with 'weapon possession' for shaping a peace sign out of spent tear gas canisters fired by the Israeli military at the non-violent demonstrations in his village. Read more