Demonstrators all over the West Bank were targeted with teargas, stun grenades and many arrests as they marched in solidarity with political prisoner Khader Adnan who is in his 9th week of hunger strike .
Niliin
This week in Ni'lin the demonstrators managed to open the gate of the annexation wall
Bil'in
Over 10 Israelis and almost 10 internationals joined the weekly demo against Israeli oppression in Bil'in. Due to the drizzle, demonstrators took their cars to the wall, where the shabab were already spread along the south stretch of the fence. One of the demonstrators crossed the barbed wire that protects the other barbed wire, ditch and wall behind it, and was immediately shot in his leg with a rubber coated metal bullet. The shabab showered stones at the two soldiers who peered over the wall, protected by another net of wire, but did not respond for a while, other than by taking pictures. Then a big round of gas canisters, the wind blowing at the demonstrators' faces and the cold led the demonstrators to call it a day.
An Nabi Saleh
Protesters held signs and pictures of Adnan, as they marched from the centre of the village towards the confiscated lands. Demonstrators were met by volleys of tear-gas canisters. Heavy fog made it extremely difficult to trace the lines of fire and avoid injuries. Nonetheless, the army continued aiming directly at protesters. The Israeli Border Police also used the "skunk", a water cannon spraying foul smelling liquid.
Qaryout
The roadblock which residents and their supporters managed to open last week currently remains open and it was to that point that demonstrators marched towards this week. As they were proceeding the settlement private security guards approached the demonstration shooting live ammunition in the air. The protesters continued marching, finally reaching a line of soldiers. After proceeding some more, the march was effectively trapped in between two groups of settlers – one from the front and one from the back, as well as the army. Nonetheless, they managed to plant a number of trees. As demonstrators were heading back towards the village, settlers "accompanied" them from the hilltop and threw stones directly at protesters. As a result, some clashes erupted between the local youth and the settlers. The army intervened by shooting massive amounts of tear-gas canisters at the protesters. Two injuries were reported.
Kufr Qaddum
The demonstration in Kfur Qaddum this week found the demonstrators fired upon heavily with tear gas although there were no reported injuries. During the week the IOF entered the village and arrested people, settlers also caused damage to trees on land belonging to Kfur Qaddam
Kufr al-Dik
Some 150 residents, joined by international and Israeli activists, joined the protest this week. They marched from the centre of the village towards the roadblock, waving flags and chanting slogans. After about twenty minutes of marching, they reached the block, where a battalion of Border Police was already awaiting. Two stenches of barbed wire were placed on the road before the roadblock. The protesters made an attempt to cut off the wire, and detach it from the stones on which it was places, finally succeeding to move it to the side of the road. The soldiers then proceeded to throw stun grenades and tear-gas canisters into the crowd and arrested an Israeli activist. Tear-gas canisters continued being shot at protesters even as they were retreating, and despite of the fact that not one stone was thrown at the soldiers.
After a short recess, some of the younger residents of the village marched towards the route of the planned Wall, where they found another army battalion. Some short clashes then erupted in this area. The arrestee was taken to the police station in Ariel where he remains in custody.
Read more about this demonstration at the +972 Magazine.
Al-Dik
Beit Umar
Demonstrators arrived adjacent to Carmi Tsur settlement and more than 20 heavily equipped Israeli soldiers attacked with sound bombs, then they tried to push us out of the area, but we resisted them and stayed. They arrested Saqer Abu Mariya violently and hit him in front of us before taking him away. After that, they declared the area a closed military zone and presented a very old military order dated back to April 2011, they refused to leave and marched adjacent to the so called security fence built around the colony in 2006. Again the IOF attacked them and arrested Yousef Abu Mariya (38), father to three kids, arrested 18 times before and who is a Popular Committee member, while they arrested him, they hit him with the gun butt on the forehead and caused bleeding. They also arrested two Israeli peace activists: John Brown (32) and Mekhal Rotem (25). By the end of the protest the IOF shot tens of teargas canisters and most of the participants suffered from inhaling tear-gas.
