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400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated

Posted on: September 2, 2010 |
400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated

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2 September 2010

Ramallah, WEST BANK

A military court of appeal yesterday (1st Sept. 2010) rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, imprisoned in Israel’s Ofer military detention centre since 10th July 2009.

The decision comes 8 days after the conviction of another Bil’in activist – Abdallah Abu Rahmah – on very similar charges, was openly criticized by the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton, who said the verdict appeared to … Continue reading

Updated on September 2, 2010
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Demonstrations face heightened Israeli military repression

Posted on: August 31, 2010 |
Demonstrations face heightened Israeli military repression

31 August 2010 | ISM Media

Bi’lin – Palestinian shot in the knee with a rubber-coated steel bullet

On the third Friday of Ramadan the Bil’in popular committee marked the 9th anniversary of the assassination Abu Ali Mustafa, former PFLP secretary general. A large number of internationals, including British and French people, supported the demonstration, with many protestors wearing masks depicting the face of Abdallah Abu Rahma, recently convicted by Israel for the ‘crime’ of organizing peaceful resistance. One Palestinian youth was hurt when shot in the knee with a rubber coated steel bullet. The army’s harsh repression of the unarmed … Continue reading

Updated on September 1, 2010
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Abdallah Abu Rahmah: Know the facts and act now for the freedom of a nonviolent freedom fighter

Posted on: August 27, 2010 |
Abdallah Abu Rahmah: Know the facts and act now for the freedom of a nonviolent freedom fighter

27 August 2010

The West Bank village of Bil’in has become a symbol of the wider popular resistance movement in Palestine. Abdallah Abu Rahmah, head of Bi’in’s Popular Committee, is one of many key organizers of peaceful resistance that Israel has used legal means to persecute. He was convicted on Tuesday of two out of four charges in an Israeli military court and faces up to ten years in jail. The facts of his case – … Continue reading

Updated on August 30, 2010
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Criminalizing peaceful protest: Act up for Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: August 25, 2010 |
Criminalizing peaceful protest: Act up for Abdallah Abu Rahmah

25 August 2010 | Popular Struggle

UPDATE: Baroness Ashton condemns Bil’in leader’s conviction; Attorney: “International community must take a tough stand on human rights defenders.”

Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee, was yesterday convicted of incitement and organizing illegal marches by an Israeli military court. The conviction concluded an eight months long political show trial, during which he was kept behind bars. Help us work for his release

Persecuted for his key role in organizing the successful grassroots campaign against the wall and Jewish-only … Continue reading

Updated on August 30, 2010
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Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement

Posted on: August 24, 2010 |
Bil'in's Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement

24 August 2010 | Popular Struggle

Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rhamah from Bil’in was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations today, after an eight months long military trial, during which he was kept behind bars. He was acquitted of a stone-throwing charge and a vindictive arms-possession charge.

Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s verdict was read today in a packed military court room, concluding an eight months long politically motivated show-trial. Diplomats from France, Malta, Germany, Spain and the UK, as well as a representative of the European Union were in attendance to observe … Continue reading

Updated on August 30, 2010
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Adalah-NY: Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction

Posted on: August 23, 2010 |
Adalah-NY: Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction

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New York, NY – In a major victory for the international movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the Norwegian government announced today that it has divested from Lev Leviev’s company Africa Israel Investments and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus due to their construction of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The move followed a campaign of more than a year by affected Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous and by Norwegian, Palestinian, Israeli, and international activist … Continue reading

Updated on August 23, 2010
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Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: More arrests at weekly demonstrations

Posted on: August 23, 2010 |
Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: More arrests at weekly demonstrations

23 August 2010 | ISM Media

Bil’in

The weekly demonstration in the village of Bil’in this week saw protesters draw attention to the recently published photos of the abuse of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli army. A handful of the protesters blindfolded and handcuffed themselves to draw attention to the mistreatment of prisoners and marched … Continue reading

Updated on August 30, 2010
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West Bank demonstration reports

Posted on: August 17, 2010 |
West Bank demonstration reports

An Nabi Saleh – 13/8/2010

On Friday around 35 Palestinians demonstrated against Hallamish settlement with around 15 Israeli and international peace activists in the village of An Nabi Salih. When the peaceful demonstration started, as usual after the noon prayer, the demonstrators went down to the entrance of the village where soldiers and border police were already aiting, blocking the road.

After pushing some Palestinians who were trying to walk down the street that leads to the settlement, the Israeli army started shooting low-flying teargas at the other side of the road, where some shebab where throwing stones at the jeeps. … Continue reading

Updated on August 17, 2010
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Protests across the West Bank

Posted on: August 8, 2010 |
Protests across the West Bank

International Solidarity Movement, August 6th, 2010

An Nabi Salih: This Friday, August 6th, around 100 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals took part in An Nabi Salih’s weekly nonviolent demonstration against the illegal Halamish settlement’s theft of the village’s land and water supply. Regardless of the illegality of firing tear gas projectiles at body height, a practice which has caused many casualties in the village and last week injured an international female protestor, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to use this method in an attempt to quash the peaceful protests.

In response to the children symbolically throwing stones at IOF armored jeeps, tear … Continue reading

Updated on August 11, 2010
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Restricting freedom of movement: an Israeli attempt to silence leaders of the popular struggle

Posted on: August 5, 2010 |
Restricting freedom of movement: an Israeli attempt to silence leaders of the popular struggle

International Solidarity Movement

On August 4, 2010 about 1 PM, Mohammed Khatib from Bil’in was denied exit to Jordan via King Hussein Bridge. Khatib was on his way to Spain via Amman when Israeli border officials prevented him from crossing the border to Jordan. Denying the leaders of the non-violent Popular Struggle to go abroad is clearly an attempt to silence Palestinians who speak about human rights violations committed by Israel.

This is not the first time Israel has prevented leaders of the … Continue reading

Updated on August 8, 2010
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