A-Infos (en) Palestine-Israel, There are more invitations for the anarchists against the wall to join local struggles than we can

The third Intifada slowly but surely collect momentum. In spite of the increase in the 
number of the Israeli activists we cannot manage to participate in all places we are 
invited to. Some villages start it on their own not waiting for our meager protection from 
harsh repression. The tense is climbing due to the expanding of hunger strike of the 
Palestinian administrative prisoner. No one know what will start after the death of the 
first hunger striker thus Israel state forces already released two of them. --Al Aqaba-- 
"Hi all, there will be a demonstration in Al Aqaba (Jordan valley) and we have been 
invited. If you can make it please let me know." ---- Beit Ommar ---- Saturday weekly 
protest, Apr. 21, 2012. Protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli 
Occupation Jails, three participants were injured today due to the Israeli Forces violence 
including Yousef Abu Mariya 40 years old, who was hit with a stick in the face, Hamza Abu 
Hashem 14 years, was hit in the head, and Ahmed Abu Hashem 48 years, was pushed hardly on 
the rocks.
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Bil'in

About 20 Israelis with the anarchists against the wall joined some international activists 
and people from the village in the usual Friday demo. We marched towards the new 
separation wall with the usual chants with the theme of solidarity with the Palestinian 
prisoners on hunger strike. On the way we passed near the solidarity tent. When we arrived 
at the wall, the usual repression activity of the Israeli state force started with tear 
gas canisters shooting, the spray of skunk stinking water and treats of shooting by rifles.

Dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation and got skunked. Three Palestinian journalists, 
Ali Abu Rahme, Haitham Khatib, and Hamde Abu Rahme, as well as Waji on his motorcycle and 
two other activists were temporarily detained. The IOF took away Ali's gas mask and 
refused to give it back.

Picture of the tent which was built on the side of the road leading to the new separation 
wall, for solidarity with prisoners and the hunger strikers, just beyond the dismantled 
fence! 
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haithmkatib http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QO9QbpiSDI
An edited 15 minute clip from the film Bil'in Habibti (Bilin My â) JerusalemDay2011 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeF1SuomxlA


Al-Maâsara

Friday demonstration, Apr. 20, 2012
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Nabi Saleh

Weekly demonstration, Apr. 20, 2012, "I'm broadcasting Nabi Saleh live on #Ustream. Come 
watch and chat! 15:14 http://t.co/WZwTegO1";
In Nabi Saleh, soldiers have taken over the center of the village to try and prevent the 
demo. Protesters are trying to flank from the south.
Billal Tamimi, a member of the popular committee in Nabi Saleh was arrested during the 
demonstration at the village today as he was trying to prevent soldiers from arresting his 
wife, Manal.
Picture Credit: Oren Ziv/Activestills http://popularstruggle.org/content/nabi-saleh-0
Large forces of Israeli army and border police raided the village of Nabi Saleh this 
morning, long before the demonstration in the village began. The forces, apparently 
including high ranking officers and accompanied by Israeli media, blocked the local gas 
station and main road to the village in an attempt to halt the demonstration. Protesters, 
in response, took a different route than usual for their march, bypassing the army through 
the hills and making their way to the spring confiscated by settlers of Halamish. A small 
group of protesters actually managed to set a precedent when they got approximately 50 
meters away from the spring. In the meantime, clashes began to erupt in the village. While 
the army aiming at first to present "restraint", following international criticism on 
extreme use of force against unnamed protesters this week. However, this guise did not 
last for long: beyond the regular use of tear-gas canisters and the foul smelling "skunk" 
water canon inside the village, the army also used clubs to beat up women and children.
In clashes that took place inside the village, between youth and soldiers, two Israeli 
activists were arrested, one is still held in custody. The army also made an attempt to 
arrest Manal Tamimi, one of the major women activists of the village. As her husband, 
Billal, approached to release her from the soldiers' grip, he was himself arrested, beaten 
and his camera broken. Manal and Billal Tamimi are the parents of the boy injured last 
week when a tear gas canister hit him in the face.

Soldiers hitting women with clubs in Nabi Saleh: Picture Credit: Oren Ziv/Activestills 
http://popularstruggle.org/content/soldiers-hitting-women-clubs-nabi-saleh
Clashes maintained for another few hours on both sides of the village, with the army using 
extensive amounts of tear gas canisters, and spraying the "skunk" directly into private 
houses. Towards the end of the demonstration, the army detained a resident of Nabi Saleh 
who did not participate in the demonstration and was making his way back to the village 
tried to come into the village through. Soldiers confiscated his ID card and said it will 
not be returned until the man succeeds in convincing the demonstrators to disperse.
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Haim Schwarczenberg http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3816270444588.2171594.1212414101
Chen Misgav http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150828776256803.466832.770301802
yisraelpnm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJ_IUa8c88
PopularStruggleCC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnvg5RyTGSU

Women action, Sunday 22.04.2012 Palestinian women take back spring as settlers, soldiers 
look on.
For the first time in years, a group of roughly 30 women was able to reach the Nabi Saleh 
spring, which was taken over long ago by settlers. The group was made up of local women, 
who were joined by activists from other villages, and supporters from Ramallah and 
Jerusalem. The women vowed to return, hoping to hold on to the spring. Every Friday for 
the past three years or so, Nabi Saleh residents, along with Israeli and international 
supporters, have been demonstrating against the theft of their lands by settlers from the 
nearby settlement of Halamish. At the focus of the struggle is the attempt to reach the 
Al-Kous spring, which was taken over by settlers in recent years. Week after week, 
demonstrators march toward the spring, but are stopped by soldiers who disperse them with 
tear gas (sometimes aimed directly at protestors and once resulting on the death of a Nabi 
Saleh resident) with âskunkâ water, severe beatings, arrests and more. Soldiers and 
settlers who arrived at the scene did not stop the women from picnicking around the 
spring. After a few hours, the group left, vowing to return.
âThe point of this direct action was to reclaim what the settlers have stolen from us,â 
says Irene Nasser, one of the activists. âMany of us were very excited about being able to 
reach this beautiful place, after more than 100 demonstrations during which we were barred 
from going there. The uniqueness of the action was also in that it was about women taking 
the popular struggle into their own hands and leading it together.â
Nasser believes that the soldiers did not react this time both due to the fact that they 
were facing a women-only group, and as a result of the Shalom Eisner story â in which an 
officer was caught on video beating a Danish peace activist â and the trauma it caused in 
the armyâs ranks. In the coming weeks, the women plan to organize more direct actions, 
both in Nabi Saleh and elsewhere, in order to both challenge the army and empower the 
women taking part in the struggle.
http://972mag.com/palestinian-women-take-back-spring-as-settlers-soldiers-look-on/43102/
Photos by Keren Manor and Oren Ziv / Activestills  http://t.co/pEfqHIdB
Palestinian, Israeli and international women enjoy a picnic near the main spring:
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Bilal Tamimi:
A judge at the Israeli Ofer Military Court ordered the release of Palestinian 
videographer, Bilal Tamimi, after a video presented in court proved he was the one 
attacked by an Israeli Border Police officer. 
http://www.popularstruggle.org/content/court-orders-release-palestinian-based-video-his-assault-israeli-officer


Ni'lin

Friday, weekly demonstration, Apr. 20, 2012

Dozens joined the protests against the Wall in Ni'ilin this week. During the 
demonstration, Israeli soldiers shot tear-gas canisters directly at protesters, against 
its own open-fire regulations. One boy was injured by a rubber coated bullet and evacuated.
Picture Credit: Anne Paq/Activestills 
http://popularstruggle.org/sites/default/files/images/nilin.pageview.jpg
Some fifty residents of the village of Ni'ilin, and a handful of Israeli and international 
activists joined the weekly protests against the Wall and settlements in the village this 
week. Shortly after the Friday prayer, which took place in the olive groves, protesters 
marched towards the Wall. As they were approaching the concrete wall that surrounds the 
separation fence, they were targeted by Israeli soldiers stationed safely on the other 
side. The soldiers also used the "skunk", foul-smelling water cannon, aiming to disperse 
the demonstration. At this point, protesters moved to the western stretch of the Wall, 
where clashes erupted between the army and the local youth. During these clashes, the army 
shoot tear gas canisters directly at protesters, in head level, against its own open-fire 
regulation. Several protesters have been severely injured in the past due to this manner 
of shooting. Mustafa Tamimi from the neighboring village was killed earlier this year when 
a tear gas canister was shot at him from close range. The army also used rubber-coated 
bullets, which led to the injury of one youth, who was evacuated to the hospital to 
receive medical treatment.
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Nilinvillage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcEsLwsSFhw


Kufer Qaddoum

Soldiers just used live bullets against the protesters in Kufer Qaddoum. No injuries recorded.
A resident of Kufer Qaddoum, brother of popular committed coordinator, is being detained 
at the checkpoint at the entrance to the village. Military jeeps are blocking the single 
entrance to Kufer Qaddoum, laying siege on the village to stifle the weekly protest.

"As with all recent weeks, at the entrance of the village was a surprise checkpoint, to 
whom it is a surprise. As we are used to in the recent weeks we, entered the village in an 
alternative way. About two hundred Palestinians, handful of international and ten Israelis 
marched toward the blocked road. The army waited for us closer than usual and soon after a 
few minutes the skunk waterings truck came and sprayed the village with the best stink of 
the occupation. Immediately afterwards the army began shooting tear gas into the crowd of 
protesters.
During the demonstration two shots of live ammunition were fired into the air in the 
direction of the shabab probably. It was the first time live ammunition was fired in 
Kadum. This Friday, the demonstration was dispersed without the usual triumph march but 
also without serious injuries - apart from gas inhalation and one Palestinian who was hit 
by a tear gas canister and received treatment in the village.
Update on the 21 detainees arrested on the night of the mass arrests two weeks ago:
Seven were released on bail. The rest remain in detention. Some of them do not want or can 
not pay the bail.
On the way back to Israel a maned checkpoint was waiting for us at exit from the village. 
We were let go after being detained for a few minutes."
Picture: A Palestinian protester returning a tear gas canister fired by the Israeli 
military during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in 
the village of Kafr Qaddum, 
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A-Tur & Sheikh Jarrah 20/4/2012

Demonstration in Issawiya Friday, April 20th, at 1:00 PM at the Lookout on Mount Scopus
Despite the partial success in blocking the planned "Slopes of Mount Scopus National 
Park," the occupation continues to strengthen its choke-hold around Issawiya. On the 
evening of Land Day, police forces burst into the neighborhood and carried out many 
arrests, including children. Some of them are still detained to this day.
The residents of Issawiya are determined to continue their struggle for freedom. We will 
stand by their side in solidarity in a demonstration that will leave from the Lookout on 
Mount Scopus at 1:00 PM. The demonstration will begin immediately after a Muslim prayer 
service that will take place there. You can arrive either directly to the Lookout at 1:00 
PM or at 12:45 PM at the Aroma Cafe by the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus.

Nearly 100 Palestinians and Israelis converged on Mount Scopus which overlooks the Dome of 
the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon to march against 
a planned national park in the Issawiya and A-Tur neighborhoods of occupied East 
Jerusalem. They protest against the Jewish settlers who live in the Arab East Jerusalem's 
a-Tur neighborhood and against a decision by the Jerusalem municipality and Israel's 
Nature and Parks Authority (NPA) to build a national park on Palestinian land in a-Tur and 
Issawiya.
The proposed plan will place hundreds of acres of privately owned Palestinian land under 
the jurisdiction of Israelâs Nature and Parks Authority. By allocating the area as a 
national park, the Israeli authorities avoid paying the necessary compensation.
The protest began following the traditional Friday prayer service. Palestinian boys 
hoisted Palestinian flags in the air, seen by authorities as an affront, and chanted in 
Arabic, âEnd the Occupation.
"It as a great parade. We walked into the Mount Scopus Observatory - Tur, through 
"Beit-Hoshen" settlement in the center of A-Tur neighborhood, up to the observatory 
opposite the Seven Arches Hotel. Residents of A-Tur went out of their homes and join us, 
and there was an excellent atmosphere that gives encouragement to continue the joint 
struggle and to expand it."

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Refusnics

Solidarity demo with refusnics 16.4.12 at the recruiting center:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJrJ3MO-1w
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See http://awalls.org
See Previous reports about the joint struggles the Anarchists Against the Wall take part 
in at: http://ilanisagainstwalls.blogspot.com
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