Some 200 people joined the weekly demonstration in Kufr A-Dik against the construction of a new settlement. The army used large amounts of live ammunition to disperse the demonstration.
The Village of Kufr Qaddum has been holding weekly demonstrations for almost two months against the confiscation of lands by settlers and the effective siege of their village. Local popular committee calls upon local and international supporters to join the struggle.
The Israeli military fired tear gas canisters directly at demonstrators in Kufr Qaddum in an aggressive response to the weekly protest against the closure of the main road linking the village with Nablus. Report from the International Solidarity Movement
The demonstration will protest the demolition of the "Bil'in Outpost" by Israeli forces last Monday. The structure was built in 2005 on lands then sequestered by the Wall in order to assert ownership of the land and expose illegal construction in the nearby settlement.
Palestinians who boarded a segregated Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem were arrested for taking action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides
On Tuesday, November 15th, 2011, Palestinian activists will reenact the US Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides to the American South by boarding segregated Israeli public transportation in the West Bank to travel to occupied East Jerusalem.
In recent weeks, there have been significant legal developments concerning the Al Walaja residents’ legal efforts to challenge the route of the Wall, which could effectively encircle Al Walaja and confiscate more privately-owned Palestinian land.
Some 200 demonstrators joined a protest against land appropriation in Kuffer Qaddum. An international activists lost consciousness due to tear-gas inhalation.
Clashes between local youth and the military were ignited in the West Bank town of Beitunia as soldiers entered Area A after settlers attacked the town.