Fridays in Ni'lin

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west of Ramallah. It lies about three kilometers east of the Green Line. A conservative town, most of its inhabitants rely on agriculture to maintain their livelihoods. Like many other Palestinian towns near the Israeli apartheid barrier, Ni'lin has protests against the wall every Friday.

These protests against the wall have led to a massive escalation of violence in the village. Israeli soldiers routinely use live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and, until recently, rocket-propelled tear-gas canisters. Many young children and teenagers have been killed in Ni'lin, with the youngest being only ten years old. On 13 March, 2009, Tristan Anderson, an American activist from Oakland, California was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a rocket-propelled gas canister. As of this writing, he remains in a coma in a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Israeli soldiers routinely enter the village, firing .22-calibre bullets and tear-gas grenades to open a path for their vehicles.

There have been incidents where cameras were taken from photographers at the demonstrations. The digital photographs were then downloaded by Israeli soldiers and used as evidence to put a number of residents of Ni'lin, most of them teenagers who were throwing stones at the soldiers, in jail. The minimum sentence is four months' incarceration.

International activists maintain a constant presence in Ni'lin. They interview the people on Ni'lin, photograph and record videos of the Israeli soldiers' actions in the village, and post all of this information online. They also share their footage with the media in hopes of raising awareness at an international level. When the Israeli army enters the village, they help build makeshift roadblocks to stop the military vehicles just long enough for everybody to take cover.

There have been occasions where the residents of Ni'lin were able to march out to the unfinished apartheid barrier and tear down the razor wire that has cut them off from their land. However, once the crowd disperses, these sections of the barrier are quickly reconstructed. Ni'lin remains trapped.

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west of Ramallah. It lies about three kilometers east of the Green Line. A conservative town, most of its inhabitants rely on agriculture to maintain their livelihoods. Like many other Palestinian towns near the Israeli apartheid barrier, Ni'lin has protests against the wall every Friday.

These protests against the wall have led to a massive escalation of violence in the village. Israeli soldiers routinely use live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and, until recently, rocket-propelled tear-gas canisters. Many young children and teenagers have been killed in Ni'lin, with the youngest being only ten years old. On 13 March, 2009, Tristan Anderson, an American activist from Oakland, California was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a rocket-propelled gas canister. As of this writing, he remains in a coma in a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Israeli soldiers routinely enter the village, firing .22-calibre bullets and tear-gas grenades to open a path for their vehicles.

There have been incidents where cameras were taken from photographers at the demonstrations. The digital photographs were then downloaded by Israeli soldiers and used as evidence to put a number of residents of Ni'lin, most of them teenagers who were throwing stones at the soldiers, in jail. The minimum sentence is four months' incarceration.

International activists maintain a constant presence in Ni'lin. They interview the people on Ni'lin, photograph and record videos of the Israeli soldiers' actions in the village, and post all of this information online. They also share their footage with the media in hopes of raising awareness at an international level. When the Israeli army enters the village, they help build makeshift roadblocks to stop the military vehicles just long enough for everybody to take cover.

There have been occasions where the residents of Ni'lin were able to march out to the unfinished apartheid barrier and tear down the razor wire that has cut them off from their land. However, once the crowd disperses, these sections of the barrier are quickly reconstructed. Ni'lin remains trapped.

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west of Ramallah. It lies about three kilometers east of the Green Line. A conservative town, most of its inhabitants rely on agriculture to maintain their livelihoods. Like many other Palestinian towns near the Israeli apartheid barrier, Ni'lin has protests against the wall every Friday.

These protests against the wall have led to a massive escalation of violence in the village. Israeli soldiers routinely use live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and, until recently, rocket-propelled tear-gas canisters. Many young children and teenagers have been killed in Ni'lin, with the youngest being only ten years old. On 13 March, 2009, Tristan Anderson, an American activist from Oakland, California was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a rocket-propelled gas canister. As of this writing, he remains in a coma in a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Israeli soldiers routinely enter the village, firing .22-calibre bullets and tear-gas grenades to open a path for their vehicles.

There have been incidents where cameras were taken from photographers at the demonstrations. The digital photographs were then downloaded by Israeli soldiers and used as evidence to put a number of residents of Ni'lin, most of them teenagers who were throwing stones at the soldiers, in jail. The minimum sentence is four months' incarceration.

International activists maintain a constant presence in Ni'lin. They interview the people on Ni'lin, photograph and record videos of the Israeli soldiers' actions in the village, and post all of this information online. They also share their footage with the media in hopes of raising awareness at an international level. When the Israeli army enters the village, they help build makeshift roadblocks to stop the military vehicles just long enough for everybody to take cover.

There have been occasions where the residents of Ni'lin were able to march out to the unfinished apartheid barrier and tear down the razor wire that has cut them off from their land. However, once the crowd disperses, these sections of the barrier are quickly reconstructed. Ni'lin remains trapped.

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west of Ramallah. It lies about three kilometers east of the Green Line. A conservative town, most of its inhabitants rely on agriculture to maintain their livelihoods. Like many other Palestinian towns near the Israeli apartheid barrier, Ni'lin has protests against the wall every Friday.

These protests against the wall have led to a massive escalation of violence in the village. Israeli soldiers routinely use live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and, until recently, rocket-propelled tear-gas canisters. Many young children and teenagers have been killed in Ni'lin, with the youngest being only ten years old. On 13 March, 2009, Tristan Anderson, an American activist from Oakland, California was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a rocket-propelled gas canister. As of this writing, he remains in a coma in a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Israeli soldiers routinely enter the village, firing .22-calibre bullets and tear-gas grenades to open a path for their vehicles.

There have been incidents where cameras were taken from photographers at the demonstrations. The digital photographs were then downloaded by Israeli soldiers and used as evidence to put a number of residents of Ni'lin, most of them teenagers who were throwing stones at the soldiers, in jail. The minimum sentence is four months' incarceration.

International activists maintain a constant presence in Ni'lin. They interview the people on Ni'lin, photograph and record videos of the Israeli soldiers' actions in the village, and post all of this information online. They also share their footage with the media in hopes of raising awareness at an international level. When the Israeli army enters the village, they help build makeshift roadblocks to stop the military vehicles just long enough for everybody to take cover.

There have been occasions where the residents of Ni'lin were able to march out to the unfinished apartheid barrier and tear down the razor wire that has cut them off from their land. However, once the crowd disperses, these sections of the barrier are quickly reconstructed. Ni'lin remains trapped.

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west of Ramallah. It lies about three kilometers east of the Green Line. A conservative town, most of its inhabitants rely on agriculture to maintain their livelihoods. Like many other Palestinian towns near the Israeli apartheid barrier, Ni'lin has protests against the wall every Friday.

These protests against the wall have led to a massive escalation of violence in the village. Israeli soldiers routinely use live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and, until recently, rocket-propelled tear-gas canisters. Many young children and teenagers have been killed in Ni'lin, with the youngest being only ten years old. On 13 March, 2009, Tristan Anderson, an American activist from Oakland, California was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a rocket-propelled gas canister. As of this writing, he remains in a coma in a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Israeli soldiers routinely enter the village, firing .22-calibre bullets and tear-gas grenades to open a path for their vehicles.

There have been incidents where cameras were taken from photographers at the demonstrations. The digital photographs were then downloaded by Israeli soldiers and used as evidence to put a number of residents of Ni'lin, most of them teenagers who were throwing stones at the soldiers, in jail. The minimum sentence is four months' incarceration.

International activists maintain a constant presence in Ni'lin. They interview the people on Ni'lin, photograph and record videos of the Israeli soldiers' actions in the village, and post all of this information online. They also share their footage with the media in hopes of raising awareness at an international level. When the Israeli army enters the village, they help build makeshift roadblocks to stop the military vehicles just long enough for everybody to take cover.

There have been occasions where the residents of Ni'lin were able to march out to the unfinished apartheid barrier and tear down the razor wire that has cut them off from their land. However, once the crowd disperses, these sections of the barrier are quickly reconstructed. Ni'lin remains trapped.

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west of Ramallah. It lies about three kilometers east of the Green Line. A conservative town, most of its inhabitants rely on agriculture to maintain their livelihoods. Like many other Palestinian towns near the Israeli apartheid barrier, Ni'lin has protests against the wall every Friday.

These protests against the wall have led to a massive escalation of violence in the village. Israeli soldiers routinely use live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and, until recently, rocket-propelled tear-gas canisters. Many young children and teenagers have been killed in Ni'lin, with the youngest being only ten years old. On 13 March, 2009, Tristan Anderson, an American activist from Oakland, California was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a rocket-propelled gas canister. As of this writing, he remains in a coma in a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Israeli soldiers routinely enter the village, firing .22-calibre bullets and tear-gas grenades to open a path for their vehicles.

There have been incidents where cameras were taken from photographers at the demonstrations. The digital photographs were then downloaded by Israeli soldiers and used as evidence to put a number of residents of Ni'lin, most of them teenagers who were throwing stones at the soldiers, in jail. The minimum sentence is four months' incarceration.

International activists maintain a constant presence in Ni'lin. They interview the people on Ni'lin, photograph and record videos of the Israeli soldiers' actions in the village, and post all of this information online. They also share their footage with the media in hopes of raising awareness at an international level. When the Israeli army enters the village, they help build makeshift roadblocks to stop the military vehicles just long enough for everybody to take cover.

There have been occasions where the residents of Ni'lin were able to march out to the unfinished apartheid barrier and tear down the razor wire that has cut them off from their land. However, once the crowd disperses, these sections of the barrier are quickly reconstructed. Ni'lin remains trapped.