The protest was called on Sunday to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the
Balfour Declaration.
The Balfour Declaration is in favor of establishment of a national home for the
Jewish people, in Palestine, being clearly mention that
nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing
non-Jewish communities in Palestine.
On Sunday, during the protest at Qalandia checkpoint, an Italian ISM volunteer
was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet. Fortunately her left eye
remains untouched as the bullet passed two centimeters above her eye.
Giulia, the ISMer, stated, “I was just standing on the side of a street, and the
military was firing tear gas against the protesters. She further said “I was
photographing, suddenly then I felt that bullets have strike me, one in the head, and another
in my leg, and then all I could see was blood.”
At least one other Palestinian teen was hospitalized after being shot with a rubber-
coated steel bullet.
Giulia was immediately transferred to Ramallah Hospital for medical treatment,
after giving a first aid.
Israeli forces fired stun grenades, tear gas canisters, and rubber-coated steel bullets,
on people who attended the demonstration.