News from Israel-Palestine

[beccy]

A place to post news from Israel-Palestine and keep ourselves informed of the situation on the ground.

[eleftherios]

American Citizen Shot From Israel's Army in West Bank

Tristan Anderson, 38, an American citizen, was critically injured on Friday by Israeli troops during protests against Israel's Wall in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. He was hit in his forehead by a new type of high velocity, extended range teargas projectile, and has been transferred to Tel Hashomer hospital, near Tel Aviv. Tristan has sustained life-threatening injuries to his brain (as well as to his right eye), and is expected to undergo several operations in the coming days. A part of his frontal lobe was removed. What happened to Tristan is an everyday horror for the Palestians who live in the West Bank and even worse for those who live in Gaza.

For more information watch this amazing interview from his girlfriend who was in front of the incident

www.democracynow.org/2009/3/16/us_consul_general_says_awaiting_israeli

and for even more details go to www.awalls.org/tristan

Wake up people of Israel, you have to fight your own government!

During the Friday clashes in Ni'ilin, two other Palestinians and one international were lightly injured after being hit by teargas canisters, while a third Palestinian was shot in his leg with live ammunition by a sniper, and was evacuated to a hospital in Ramallah.

In the past six months, Four of Ni’lin's residents have been shot dead during demonstrations against the wall on their land. Ahmed Mousa, 10, was shot in the forehead with live ammunition on July 29, 2008. The following day, Yousef Amira, 17, was shot twice with rubber-coated steel bullets, leaving him brain dead. He died a week later on August 4, 2008. Arafat Rateb Khawaje, 22, was the third Ni’lin resident to be killed by Israeli forces. He was shot in the back with live ammunition on December 28, 2008. That same day, Mohammed Khawaje, 20, was shot in the head with live ammunition, leaving him brain dead. He died three days later in a Ramallah hospital