Israeli forces invade Ni'lin, storm houses and detain four men

[ProgressiveMuslim]

Date: 29 / 05 / 2008 Time: 11:44



Ramallah – Ma'an – Israeli forces raided the village of Ni'lin, west of Ramallah, on Thursday morning, storming houses and detaining four men from the village. Three of those detained were identified as Khalil 'Abdel Kareem Abu Srour, 'Abdel Qaher 'Ali Abu Srour and 'Ayed Sadeq.

The mayor of Ni'lin, Aiman Nafe', stated that the incursion and detentions aimed to suppress field activities scheduled for Thursday against new Israeli construction of the separation wall through the southern lands of the village.

Nafe' noted that the village will lose access to 2,500 dunums of land planted with olive trees when this latest wall construction is complete. Ni'lin farmers and their families had planned a sit-in protest on their lands that will be confiscated by the separation wall. He also explained that the village previously lost 40,000 dunums of its lands in 1948.

Media spokesperson of the Popular Campaign for Resisting the Wall, Salah Al-Khawaja, said that twenty Israeli military vehicles carrying soldiers and officers stormed the village early on Thursday morning. Israeli forces imposed a curfew, preventing the residents from going to work or reaching the centre of the village, in an attempt to deter Ni'lin residents from continuing their peaceful struggle against the wall.


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[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. Guess the gov't of Israel doesn't like non-violent resistance either... nt