Adeeb Abu Rahma

Breaking Palestine’s peaceful protest

Posted on: December 23, 2009

23 December 2009

Palestinians have a long history of nonviolent resistance but Israel has continuously deployed methods to destroy it

“Why,” I have often been asked, “haven’t the Palestinians established a peace movement like the Israeli Peace Now?”

The question itself is problematic, being based on many erroneous assumptions, such as the notion that there is symmetry between the two sides and that Peace Now has been a politically effective movement. Most important, though, is the false supposition that Palestinians have indeed failed to create a pro-peace popular movement.

In September 1967 – three months after the decisive … Continue reading

Updated on December 24, 2009
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Adeeb Abu Rahma, Arrests, Bil'in, Jayyous, Nablus, Stop The Wall, The Guardian, Wa'el al-Faqeeh Abu as-Sabe

Tell President Obama to demand that Israel free Bil’in nonviolent leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: December 21, 2009

Jewish Voice for Peace

On December 10, 2009 at 2am, the Israeli military surrounded the Ramallah home of Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the Coordinator of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, and arrested him. Abu Rahmah is among the leaders of the West Bank village of Bil’in’s nearly five-year nonviolent struggle of protests, lawsuits and boycotts aiming to save the village’s land from Israel’s wall and expanding settlements. Abdallah Abu Rahmah joins Mohammed Othman from the village of Jayyous, Adeeb Abu Rahmah from Bil’in and many other Palestinians who are currently jailed by Israel … Continue reading

Updated on January 9, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Adeeb Abu Rahma, Bil'in, Global Actions, Jayyous, Mohammad Othman

Four houses raided in military incursion to West Bank villages Bil’in and Ni’ilin

Posted on: December 19, 2009

Collection of tear gas and shock grenades that have been picked next to the fence of Bil’in.

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

19 December 2009

For immediate release:

The Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin have been invaded by the Israeli military in the early hours of Saturday, 19 December 2009. Soldiers entered both villages at 2.30am and raided houses of four families.

In Bil’in, 5 military jeeps carrying about 30 soldiers entered the village and invaded the house of Yassin Yassin. Family members, woken up by the armed soldiers at the dark of night, were forced to leave the … Continue reading

Updated on December 19, 2009
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Adeeb Abu Rahma, Arrests, Bil'in, Demonstration, Invasion, Ni'lin, Tear-gas canister, Video, Wall

Bil’in residents call for the release of the village’s prisoners in a weekly Friday demonstration

Posted on: December 11, 2009

Bil’in Popular Committee

11 December 2009

Approximately 150 Palestinian, international and Israeli activists gathered in Bil’in today, marking the 22nd anniversary of the start of the First Intifada and calling for the release of the village’s prisoners arrested for their involvement in the non-violent demonstrations against the Wall and settlements built on land stolen from Bil’in.

Demonstrators gathered in the village after the Friday prayers and marched towards the Wall that is being constructed on their land. Organised by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, activists raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning Israel’s policy of settlement expansion and the recent … Continue reading

Updated on December 19, 2009
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Adeeb Abu Rahma, Bil'in, Demonstration, Rubber-coated steel bullets, Tear-gas canister, Video, Wall

Trying to fill the hole our father has left

Posted on: December 3, 2009

Jody McIntyre | Ctrl.Alt.Shift

3 December 2009

As we move into the cold months, many of you in the UK will be looking forward to Christmas. In the Palestinian village of Bi’lin, last weekend marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a time to see family and friends and for people to eat together. But for many Palestinians, the Eid was not so festive. Rajaa Abu Rahmah, aged 19, only has one wish this festive season, to see her father freed from prison.

On 10 July 2009, Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist … Continue reading

Updated on December 4, 2009
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Adeeb Abu Rahma, Arrests, Bil'in, Wall

Demonstrators call for the end of settlement expansion and arrest campaign on Bil’in residents

Posted on: November 21, 2009

20 November 2009

Residents of Bil’in gathered in a demonstration today, commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and condemning the ongoing expansion of illegal Israeli settlements.

After the Friday midday prayers, about 150 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists raised dozens of Palestinian flags and posters with the picture of the late Yasser Arafat and chanted slogans calling for the national leadership to keep fighting for the national principles. In a reaction to recent announcements from the Israeli government regarding plans to continue with the … Continue reading

Updated on November 21, 2009
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Adeeb Abu Rahma, Bil'in, Demonstration, Tear-gas canister, Video, Wall

Bil’in: Undercovers arrest Palestinian youth at his workplace

Posted on: November 19, 2009

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

19 November 2009

In an escalation of the recent arrest campaign conducted by the Israeli military in attempt to crush the popular struggle against the Wall in the village, an undercover army unit invaded Bil’in this morning and arrested a local youth, 19 year old Mohammad Yassin.

In the morning hours of Thursday, 19 November 2009, a civilian Isuzu pickup with undercover soldiers dressed as Palestinians, drove into the village of Bil’in, searching for residents suspected of organizing and participating in the village’s weekly demonstrations. At around 9am, the soldiers arrived at the garage where Yassin works and arrested … Continue reading

Updated on November 21, 2009
Posted under: Features, Press Releases
Tags: Adeeb Abu Rahma, Arrests, Bil'in, High Court of Justice, Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Wall

Bil’in demonstrates in solidarity with jailed activist: ‘We are all Adeeb Abu Rahmah’

Posted on: October 30, 2009

Bil’in Popular Committee

30 October 2009

Adeeb Abu Rahmah was arrested on 10 July this year, and is still held in custody for taking part in organizing the village’s demonstrations. Demonstrators wore masks of his face and called for his release.

Two protestors were injured today, while several suffered from tear gas inhalation during the weekly Friday demonstration in Bil’in.

The demonstration was called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and began after the Friday prayers. Bil’in citizens were joined by a group of international and Israeli solidarity activists and together they raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning the occupation, racist policy of … Continue reading

Updated on October 30, 2009
Posted under: Features, Reports
Tags: Adeeb Abu Rahma, Arrests, Bil'in, Demonstration, Settlement, Video, Wall

Palestine’s peaceful struggle

Posted on: September 11, 2009

Mohammed Khatib | The Nation

11 September 2009

A few weeks ago, in the dead of night, dozens of Israeli soldiers with painted faces burst violently into my home. If only they had knocked, I would have opened the door. They arrested me. My wife, Lamia, was left alone with our four children. My youngest, 3-year-old Khaled, woke up to the image of Israeli soldiers with painted faces who were taking his father away. He has not stopped crying since. A few nights ago he woke up in terror, sobbing: “Daddy, why did you let the soldiers take me?” That’s the … Continue reading

Updated on September 11, 2009
Posted under: Features, In the Media
Tags: Adeeb Abu Rahma, Arrests, Bil'in, Demonstration, Mohammed Khatib, Wall

Bil’in leading demonstrator imprisoned by Israeli forces

Posted on: July 21, 2009

For Immediate Release:

Tuesday July 21, Ofer military base, Occupied West Bank: In a new escalation in the military’s campaign targeting the popular protests in Bil’in against the Annexation barrier, a military appeals judge ruled that non-violent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahme be held until the end of proceedings against him. This could mean months or a year in military prison for Adeeb who was arrested from the demonstration against the annexation barrier that took place in Bil’in village on 10 of July. Adeeb, a leading non-violent activist in Bil’in’s ongoing struggle against the Wall and … Continue reading