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Archive photo of Tristan Anderson, who was critically wounded at a West Bank protest on Friday.
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Last update - 22:51 13/03/2009
U.S. citizens critically hurt at West Bank protest
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Tags: Na'alin, Bil'in, Israel news 

Palestinian sources said that an American citizen, in his thirties, had sustained critical wounds during an anti-separation fence protest in the West Bank on Friday, Army Radio reported.

Peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement said Tristan Anderson, of the Oakland, Calif. area, was struck in the head with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops. The military and the Tel Aviv hospital where Anderson was taken had no details on how he was hurt.

Protesters who were at the scene said that Anderson was standing by the side of the road when soldiers fired at him, and not near the hub of the clash. They added that there was no one in his vicinity that could have been perceived as a threat to the soldiers.
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"He's in critical condition, anesthetized and on a ventilator and undergoing imaging tests," said Orly Levi, a spokeswoman at the Tel Hashomer hospital. She described Anderson's condition as life-threatening.

The protest took place in the West Bank town of Na'alin, where Palestinians and international backers frequently gather to demonstrate against the barrier. Israel says the barrier is necessary to keep Palestinian attackers from infiltrating into Israel. But Palestinians view it as a thinly veiled land grab because it juts into the West Bank at multiple points.

The Israel Defense Forces spokesperson's office said the area where the protests take place is a closed military zone off-limits to demonstrations. It added that demonstrators hurled rocks at troops, who used riot gear to quell the unrest.

The IDF said further that the "protesters violated an injunction issued by a major general and were endangering security forces."

Ulrika Jenson, an International Solidarity Movement activist, said troops fired tear gas canisters into the crowd from a hill above.

"Tristan was hit and fell to the ground," Jenson was quoted as saying in an ISM statement. "He had a large hole in the front of his head, and his brain was visible."

A Palestinian protester was also wounded in the leg as a result of live IDF fire.

In 2003, another ISM activist, 23-year-old American Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death in Gaza by an Israeli bulldozer as she tried to block it from demolishing a Palestinian home.

The driver said he didn't see her, and the Israeli military ruled her death an accident.

Meanwhile Friday, protesters gathered at another West Bank village to similarly protest Israel's separation fence. At this protest, held every Friday in Bil'in, some 100 demonstrators clashed with security personnel. Palestinian witnesses reported that five people had sustained injuries as security forces fired rubber-coated bullets at the crowd.


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      1.   Irrelevant as to where (s)he is a citizen 18:41  |  Christopher 13/03/09
      2.   Try hurdling stones at Los Angeles police and see if you live to 19:02  |  MarK C 13/03/09
      3.   # 2 Mark C, is the L.A. police occupying another peoples land ??? 19:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/03/09
      4.   Try hurling stones at LAPD in Tijuana 19:30  |  Saenger 13/03/09
      5.   "...demonstrators hurled rocks..." just like Malmo. 19:57  |  same crowd? 13/03/09
      6.   Violence usually doesn`t solve anything ... 20:03  |  Morris Valentine 13/03/09
      7.   Should there be a fence running through their village? 20:05  |  Stephen L 13/03/09
      8.   was it a "protest" or "riot"? 20:28  |  we will never know 13/03/09
      9.   To Mark C: Try Fencing In L.A.`s Latino Neighborhoods 20:39  |  Binyamin 13/03/09
      10.   morris # 4 any better ideas on how to keep suicide bombers out of 20:48  |  just wonderin 13/03/09
      11.   #5 Stephen - London 20:51  |  *BEN JABO 13/03/09
      12.   to #5 20:56  |  Shoshannah 13/03/09
      13.   # 4 Morris our American "apologist"...... 20:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/03/09
      14.   Binyamun 20:58  |  Edifice 13/03/09
      15.   to we will never know 20:58  |  tal 13/03/09
      16.   6 stephan for those who suffer from memory loss... 21:00  |  bat yam 13/03/09
      17.   Mark C- the demonstration was in Palestine 21:02  |  Palestinian Brit 13/03/09
      18.   #5 The light unto nations has no better nature Morris 21:03  |  Labhras 13/03/09
      19.   To Stephen and Morris Valentine 21:03  |  Eli 13/03/09
      20.   How many Does This Now Make? 21:12  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/03/09
      21.   #8, Binyamin 21:15  |  Uri 13/03/09
      22.   critically hurt 21:18  |  rm 13/03/09
      23.   #3, Israel is indeed America`s business... 21:19  |  Silvienne 13/03/09
      24.   #8 21:26  |  Adam 13/03/09
      25.   Open penetrating head trauma... 21:33  |  Aphemia 13/03/09
      26.   If Israel is none of our business 21:34  |  Dave Duncan 13/03/09
      27.   Who said he threw a stone? 21:35  |  WHG 13/03/09
      28.   "protest" ???? 21:37  |  ljf 13/03/09
      29.   WEEK AFTER WEEK... 21:45  |  Brant 13/03/09
      30.   Stephen L #6 you have the problem backwards 21:49  |  Gee 13/03/09
      31.   To # 3 New Yorker 21:49  |  Diesel 13/03/09
      32.   Didn`t Israel Try to get Killers of US Ctzns Ovrseas Proscuted 22:00  |  Monitor 13/03/09
      33.   Hey, in arab countries these would of been bullets not tear gas.. 22:02  |  James 13/03/09
      34.   When did the IDF last use live fire on Jewish protesters? 22:03  |  Clickfool 13/03/09
      35.   The barrier protects our babies from murderous terrorists... 22:04  |  Joe 13/03/09
      36.   to Steven L 22:06  |  judith 13/03/09
      37.   Binyamin 22:08  |  judith 13/03/09
      38.   Int`l Court of Justice 22:09  |  Edie 13/03/09
      39.   Binyamin,why would we fence in LA`s latino neighborhoods 22:14  |  makes no sense 13/03/09
      40.   Stephen L: Simple, "Renounce Violence" 22:17  |  Brad 13/03/09
      41.   Dear Mark C. 22:22  |  Brad 13/03/09
      42.   Not what the NYTimes reports happened 22:36  |  jonathan 13/03/09
      43.   Selective Protest 22:36  |  shimon 13/03/09
      44.   If Israel behaved as its neighbors these people would be dead 22:38  |  Eric 13/03/09
      45.   To Binyamin # 8 - Fencing in Latino`s 22:40  |  WYSIWYG 13/03/09
      46.   # 2 Mark C., the L.A. police occupying another peoples land..??? 22:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/03/09
      47.   TO: we will never know - That Depends 22:42  |  Mark of Lewiston 13/03/09
      48.   Could`ve been worse. 22:46  |  Danny Maccabee 13/03/09
      49.   #16 22:54  |  Diesel 13/03/09
      50.   Security gone awry 22:58  |  Arnoldc 13/03/09
      51.   We shall overcome 22:58  |  Yoel 13/03/09
      52.   At the Wrong Place At the Wrong Time 23:04  |  Baruch Gold 13/03/09
      53.   Re #1 23:07  |  Steve J 13/03/09
      54.   Good Shot! 23:13  |  UsedToPostHere 13/03/09
      55.   Tristan`s a brave guy. I hope he lives. 23:17  |  Michael 13/03/09
      56.   The safety barrier 23:18  |  Jane 13/03/09
      57.   #15 edie and the palestinian land myth 23:19  |  v hardman 13/03/09
      58.   settlers stones don`t hurt 23:20  |  american 13/03/09
      59.   Security Fence 23:21  |  Baruch Hashem 13/03/09
      60.   Career Activists.... 23:22  |  David 13/03/09
      61.   #16: makes no sense at all! 23:24  |  CaptAhab 13/03/09
      62.   Shimon give it a rest 23:24  |  Dave Duncan 13/03/09
      63.   # 10 just wonderin 23:27  |  Axel 13/03/09
      64.   ISM WEBSITE INTENITIONALLY LEAVES OUT FACT THAT TRISTAN IS THEIRS 23:32  |  Jeff 13/03/09
      65.   # 20 shimon 23:32  |  Axel 13/03/09
      66.   He should have been demonstrating in Darfur. 23:35  |  Murray of Montreal 13/03/09
      67.   just what the prof. provacateurs hoped for-another cause c`lebre! 23:48  |  what a pity 13/03/09
      68.   HE WAS NOT THROWING STONES! 23:54  |  was a peaceful demo 13/03/09
      69.   #14 You are illegal occupiers 23:57  |  and oppressors 13/03/09
      70.   U.S. citizens critically hurt at West Bank protest 23:58  |  Ruth 13/03/09
      71.   Security fence 00:01  |  Hilda 14/03/09
      72.   # 20 shimon...in those places 00:06  |  Lynn 14/03/09
      73.   Not a Playground 00:07  |  Baruch Gold 14/03/09
      74.   If Israel doesn`t like non-violence 00:10  |  Janice 14/03/09
      75.   U.S. citizens critically hurt 00:13  |  E 14/03/09
      76.   Goyim/Pals 00:13  |  PCR 14/03/09
      77.   Endless BS 00:32  |  El Toro 14/03/09
      78.   The true reason the fence is so hated 00:36  |  Conroy 14/03/09
      79.   To Swiss (Dino) 00:46  |  Eli 14/03/09
      80.   Edie # 15 The ICJ Had No Jurisdiction Over The Case 00:48  |  Jeff Northridge 14/03/09
      81.   what you all don`t get.. 01:06  |  carol 14/03/09
      82.   An innocent is critically hurt 01:09  |  WHG 14/03/09
      83.   U.S. citizens critically hurt 01:11  |  Joan 14/03/09
      84.   To Judith #14 & #16 01:25  |  Binyamin 14/03/09
      85.   Youre joking?! 01:40  |  chicago 14/03/09
      86.   Fence? Or Death? 01:50  |  dudu 14/03/09
      87.   International Peace Activists 01:56  |  tv 14/03/09
      88.   this gets funnier and funnier 01:58  |  VIPER 14/03/09
      89.   Palestinian land has been stolen 01:58  |  Nathan 14/03/09
      90.   Some American "Activists" Have More Guts Than Brains 02:01  |  Jeff Northridge 14/03/09
      91.   Two answers for `just wonderin` (#10) 02:10  |  Morris Valentine 14/03/09
      92.   Morris Valentine in cuckoo land 02:18  |  emad salib 14/03/09
      93.   A wall to keep Israel pure... 02:18  |  fritz t. 14/03/09
      94.   Tristan protested many issues 02:23  |  me in Berkeley 14/03/09
      95.   Shoshannah moonshine 02:29  |  emad salib 14/03/09
      96.   More violence will only ensure that the wall stays permanently 02:41  |  Michael J 14/03/09
      97.   U.S. citizens critically hurt 02:45  |  Joan 14/03/09
      98.   analogy 02:52  |  Axel 14/03/09
      99.   # 27 jeff 02:58  |  Axel 14/03/09
      100.   Jeff Northridge 03:12  |  Joan 14/03/09
      101.   treesitter Gabby 03:15  |  teddy 14/03/09
      102.   Ni’lin 03:16  |  Joan 14/03/09
      103.   Its called 03:56  |  Forrest Schmidt 14/03/09
      104.   the times they are a changing 03:57  |  richard 14/03/09
      105.   Christopher #1 the ignorant 03:59  |  Raymond Kelly 14/03/09
      106.   Binyamin, Try Fencing In L.A.`s Latino Neighborhoods 03:59  |  Bruce 14/03/09
      107.   peace activists 04:04  |  Terry O`Brien 14/03/09
      108.   #36, Binyamin 04:07  |  Bruce 14/03/09
      109.   The Pariah state of Israel is doomed 04:09  |  ELIAS KHOURY 14/03/09
      110.   Who is to blame? 04:38  |  Janice 14/03/09
      111.   Joan # 52 Morality Has Nothing To Do With This 04:43  |  Jeff Northridge 14/03/09
      112.   ISM are terrorist filth 05:07  |  bob jones 14/03/09
      113.   Endless BS 05:19  |  Aaron 14/03/09
      114.   Jeff again. 05:22  |  Joan 14/03/09
      115.   Jeff again. 05:27  |  Joan 14/03/09
      116.   US citizen hurt 05:46  |  James Lefkowitz 14/03/09
      117.   Joan # 114 and 115 05:54  |  WSYIWYG 14/03/09
      118.   Raymond Kelly # 105 A Few Corrections 06:05  |  Jeff Northridge 14/03/09
      119.   James Lefkowitz 06:22  |  William Brown 14/03/09
      120.   typical 06:24  |  sal 14/03/09
      121.   #112, ISM are terrorist filth 06:25  |  Link 14/03/09
      122.   US Citizen Critically Hurt at West Bank Protest 07:01  |  Cherie Clark 14/03/09
      123.   Waiting for Video 07:10  |  Mark of Lewiston 14/03/09
      124.   Israel makes terror 07:15  |  Moo 14/03/09
      125.   To Jeff 07:20  |  rm 14/03/09
      126.   A question for Mr. Northridge 07:33  |  Janice 14/03/09
      127.   #3 - Dino 07:33  |  JES 14/03/09
      128.   Jeff Northridge - from far, far away. 07:44  |  Palestinian Brit 14/03/09
      129.   American Shot In Face 08:19  |  Russell Bates 14/03/09
      130.   It`s not a "Security Fence" it`s a langgrab wall 09:10  |  Saenger 14/03/09
      131.   Morris: try the truth 09:16  |  flimflam 14/03/09
      132.   # 79 Eli / # 127 YES, and the "little hole" in your argument.... 09:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/03/09
      133.   US citizen critically hurt 10:21  |  Arie Heide 14/03/09
      134.   To MarK C #2 `Try hurdling [sic] stones...` 10:22  |  Colin Wright 14/03/09
      135.   The important point is... 10:26  |  Colin Wright 14/03/09
      136.   Here is video link 11:10  |  Baruch Gold 14/03/09
      137.   THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME 11:21  |  indrajaya 14/03/09
      138.   What a pity! Such good looking nice American boy! 11:27  |  S 14/03/09
      139.   88 slimy snake 11:42  |  Joe Moer 14/03/09
      140.   wake up! new government in power; AND IT`S BUSINESS AS USUAL! 11:52  |  eric 14/03/09
      141.   RUSSEL Bates Your aims are the destruction of Israel 13:05  |  PETER SM 14/03/09
      142.   The question that should be asked here 13:23  |  Tzfonit 14/03/09
      143.   Any mentioning of this incident on the big U.S. networks...???? 13:49  |  Swiss (Dion 14/03/09
      144.   Jeff again. 14:04  |  Joan 14/03/09
      145.   Wounded American upholds America`s honoured true principles 14:09  |  Ivar 14/03/09
      146.   These "activists" Liability wavers goes with the job 15:41  |  Jo 14/03/09
      147.   ISM- provokes more than helps , it is not bravery 15:48  |  Dina 14/03/09
      148.   The ISM 20:40  |  R`faelMoshe 14/03/09
      149.   ISM Wants foreign casualties.G Rishmawi to San Francisco chroncl 21:19  |  PETER SM 14/03/09
      150.   children of the ISM 01:43  |  gus 15/03/09
      151.   He Might Have Had A Brain 02:25  |  Yosemite 15/03/09
      152.   Hope they will stay home next time 02:47  |  TOMY 15/03/09
      153.   MarK C 03:06  |  LA 15/03/09
      154.   Tzfonit 03:31  |  Seven Wonders 15/03/09
      155.   Janice # 126 If They Are Slinging Rocks, Then It`s A Threat 03:42  |  Jeff Northridge 15/03/09
      156.   TO Shoshannah #12 04:02  |  Steve Beikirch 15/03/09
      157.   TO Joan #100 04:25  |  Steve Beikirch 15/03/09
      158.   ideas on how to keep suicide bombers out 04:30  |  Amir 15/03/09
      159.   Is he going to be throwing rocks at US Soldiers next? 04:53  |  Gina 15/03/09
      160.   To Swiss (Dino) (#143): What`s news 05:03  |  Morris Valentine 15/03/09
      161.   PCR 05:12  |  judith 15/03/09
      162.   I have no pity for him 05:15  |  judith 15/03/09
      163.   RE: Janice 05:18  |  judith 15/03/09
      164.   136 Baruch - Thanks 06:20  |  Mark of Lewiston 15/03/09
      165.   #155 So Israel doesn`t have riot gear, Jeff? 06:28  |  Johnboy 15/03/09
      166.   hey judith.... 06:56  |  jake 15/03/09
      167.   Russell Bates 07:18  |  judith 15/03/09
      168.   #151 Yosemite 08:05  |  Elina 15/03/09
      169.   Professional protestor, arrested in Berkeley as well. 08:35  |  Susan 15/03/09
      170.   American critically injured by IDF 08:35  |  Anne O`Neill 15/03/09
      171.   Major Shift in Opposition to Israeli Human Rights Abuses 08:50  |  Anne O`Neill 15/03/09
      172.   #151 Yosemite 09:01  |  Elina 15/03/09
      173.   Illu-sionism 09:01  |  un2here 15/03/09
      174.   re: Johnboy 09:28  |  UsedToPostHere 15/03/09
      175.   us citizen critically hurt @ west bank protest 09:57  |  madeline schleimer 15/03/09
      176.   "these violent swarms" 09:58  |  eric 15/03/09
      177.   Israel`s "democratic nature" 12:03  |  aghast 15/03/09
      178.   #171 Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure 13:20  |  Johnboy 15/03/09
      179.   who those of us back in the bay who know tristan 18:04  |  c 15/03/09
      180.   re: Johnboy 18:50  |  UsedToPostHere 15/03/09
      181.   TO R`faelMoshe #148 05:27  |  Steve Beikirch 16/03/09
      182.   TO Murray of Montreal #66 05:28  |  Steve Beikirch 16/03/09
      183.   Sick Israel ! 04:20  |  Collin 29/07/09
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