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Today! Bil’in and Aboud to Protest Theft of Their Lands

Posted on: December 30, 2005

Palestinian and Israeli Parliament members and Rachel Corries Parents to join the protest

Bil’in:

Starting at 8 AM on Dec. 30, Palestinian villagers in Bil’in, accompanied by Israeli and international activists, are working their agricultural lands isolated behind Israel’s annexation wall. At 12 PM, prayers will be held at the “Centre for Joint Struggle,” the legal “outpost” that Palestinians, assisted by Israeli and international activists. The outpost is built in the illicit Jewish settlement-outpost Matitayu East, currently being constructed in violation of Israel’s own laws, in addition to international law and convention, on land belonging to Bil’in. Palestinian political figures Kaddoura … Continue reading


Updated on December 30, 2005
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The Tale of Two Outposts

Posted on: December 29, 2005
The Tale of Two Outposts

A story of Israeli Apartheid

On the left of the picture is the house that Bil’in villagers have built on their land in an area that they are calling “Bil’in west”. On the right of the pictures are buildings under construction in the Modi’in Elite settlement outpost also known as “Metityahu East”.

The Palestinian structure that houses “the center for Joint struggle” has received a “stop work order” from the Israeli civil administration and is threatened with demolition.

The settlement apartment buildings, despite being built without permits or plans from the Israeli government on land that belongs to the … Continue reading


Updated on December 29, 2005
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Bil’in: Land Grab thanks to the Wall

Posted on: December 29, 2005
Bil’in: Land Grab thanks to the Wall

Bil’in is a small village located six km east of the green line, west of Ramallah. The village rests on 4,000 dunams (about 1,000 acres) and is home to 1,700 residents, whose livelihood depends on agriculture and work outside the village. Most of the villages land lies between two streams (the Modi’in stream in the south and the Dolev stream in the north); the western tip of the lands of Bil’in are covered with the houses of the Kiryat Sefer section of the Israeli settlement Modi’in Illit.

The barrier Israel is building confiscates about half of the lands of the village. … Continue reading


Updated on December 29, 2005
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West Bil’in Outpost exposes truth behind the Wall-Press conference Tomorrow

Posted on: December 28, 2005
West Bil’in Outpost exposes truth behind the Wall-Press conference Tomorrow

The Palestinian outpost of “West Bil’in”, deemed illegal by Israeli authorities, has dramatically highlighted the true nature of the Wall as a means to expand illegal outposts and allow settlement expansion confirming the findings of a report to be released today.

A small building erected at the outpost this week has been threatened with demolition while nearby settler structures built without plans or permits continue to rise. This selective use of the law starkly illustrated at West Bil’in will be at the heart of a petition to the Supreme Court by Attorney Michael Sfard which could leave … Continue reading


Updated on December 28, 2005
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Bil’in Turns the Tables on the Occupation

Posted on: December 27, 2005
Bil’in Turns the Tables on the Occupation

The people of Bil’in are using the symbols and language employed by Israel for the theft of Palestinian land in a bid to hold onto village land that Israel is attempting to annex for the Wall and settlements. Last week Palestinians from Bil’in, with their Israeli and international supporters, established the Palestinian “outpost” of “West Bil’in” which they are calling “The Center for Joint Struggle.” The Palestinian “outpost”, built on Bil’in’s land with a permit issued by the village, sits only a few hundred meters away from new Israeli settlement housing units that … Continue reading


Updated on December 27, 2005
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Christmas Stories from Occupied Palestine

Posted on: December 27, 2005

Christians, Jews and Muslims Meet on the Road to Bethlehem
The Tent of Defiance
The Palestinian Outpost Strikes Back!
Trailer Evacuated and Removed But Bil’in’s Outpost Remains
Christmas lights in Bil’in
Detained Peace Activists barred from accessing Bethlehem
Does Santa get through the checkpoint?
Bil’in In the Israeli Press – four articles
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1) Christians, Jews and Muslims Meet on the Road to Bethlehem

By Father Firas Aridah
Originally published in the Toronto Globe and Mail
December 24th, 2005

As a parish priest in the West Bank village of Aboud, my Christmas preparations include recording the identity card numbers of my parishioners to request permits from the Israeli authorities to allow us to … Continue reading


Updated on April 15, 2011
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Christmas lights in Bil’in

Posted on: December 27, 2005

By Maria and Anna
Bilin 26/12/05

On Christmas day, a day representing love and hope for millions of people around the world, the brave people of Bilin brought a new caravan on their land that has been unrightfully cut off by the Israeli authorities for the construction of the annexation barrier and the expansion of the Modi’in Ilit and Matityahu settlements ( the first caravan was evacuated by the Israeli military and police on Thursday 22 December, only a day after it was erected ).

This time the people of Bilin decided to build a “house” ( literary a single room ) near … Continue reading


Updated on December 27, 2005
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Four articles on Bil’in In the Israeli press

Posted on: December 27, 2005

1) There’s a system for turning Palestinian property into Israel’s state land
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz

2) Bilin: Illegal outpost may become school
By Ali Waked, Ynet

3) Bil’in demonstrators return to outpost
By Erik Schechter, Jerusalem Post

4) Palestinians, left-wing activists rebuild ‘outpost’ in village of Bil’in
By Jonathan Lis and Meron Rappaport, Haaretz Correspondents

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1) There’s a system for turning Palestinian property into Israel’s state land
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz

Ehud Barak likes to compare the State of Israel to a villa in a jungle. It would be interesting to know whether he means that the areas of the settlements in the … Continue reading


Updated on December 27, 2005
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Does Santa get through the checkpoint?

Posted on: December 26, 2005

Huwarra checkpoint is the main checkpoint to the south of Nablus, and probably one of the worst ones that I have experienced in Palestine.

Every time I pass through, people are being humiliated in many ways: screamed at, beaten, detained, forced to wait for no reason, arrested, you name it. Some days it is open, some days closed. Some days women can get out, some days not and if you are from one of the refugee camps, you might as well forget about being able to get through Huwarra, even on a good day.

So approaching the checkpoint sometime around 4pm, we … Continue reading


Updated on December 26, 2005
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Trailer Evacuated and removed But Bil’in outpost remains

Posted on: December 26, 2005
Trailer Evacuated and removed But Bil’in outpost remains

Class in new structure Today.

At 11:00 AM the Israeli military forcefully broke into, evacuated and removed by crane a trailer placed by the villages of Bil’in on their land cut off from their village by the wall. But, the villagers of Bil’in have expanded the “outpost” neighborhood of Bil’in west and built another structure that will serve as a school.

Today at 2:00 PM the village children will attend the first class to take place in the new structure.

The villagers have been provided with a permit from the Bil’in village council verifying that the land … Continue reading


Updated on December 26, 2005
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