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ISRAEL HARMS AMERICANS
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IMEU-0003
Tristan Anderson
IMEU-0003
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Tristan Anderson

Injured or Beaten
Israeli Police
Ni'lin, West Bank
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March 13, 2009

CASE DETAILS

DATE OF INCIDENT
March 13, 2009
LOCATION
Ni'lin, West Bank
U.S. HOME DISTRICT
California
12th
AGE AT INCIDENT
37
U.S. HOME
Oakland
,
California
PERPETRATOR
Israeli Police
U.S. RESPONSE
None
PROSECUTIONS
NONE TO DATE

WHAT HAPPENED

On March 13, 2009, Tristan Anderson, a 37-year-old American activist and photographer from Oakland, California, was struck in the forehead by a high-velocity, extended-range tear gas canister reportedly fired by an Israeli Border Police officer from about 60 meters during a demonstration against the separation barrier in the West Bank village of Ni'lin. He survived with severe permanent brain damage, losing sight in his right eye and suffering partial paralysis, and requires ongoing care. Israeli prosecutors closed the criminal case without charges in September 2009; in July 2013 Israel's High Court of Justice ordered the investigation reopened, and in civil proceedings the state characterized the incident as an "act of war."

TESTIMONY

SOURCES

⦿ ZERO PROSECUTIONS TO DATE

DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR

Tristan Anderson

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