Home > > Tagged: Bil’in

April 20-23: The 6th Annual Bil’in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle

Posted on: February 24, 2011
Louise Morgantini at the 2010 Bilin COnference on Nonviolent Resistance

As nonviolent resistance for freedom sweeps across the Arab world, join us in harnessing the winds of change at the 6th annual Bil’in Conference.

What: 6th Annual Bil’in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle
When: 20-23 April 2011
Where: The Village of Bil’in, Occupied West Bank

From Gaza to Bil’in, popular resistance to the occupation remains steadfast. Drawing delegations from across the globe, the Bil’in conference will provide opportunities to build and strengthen ties between Palestinian, Israeli and … Continue reading


Updated on February 24, 2011
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: , , ,

Bil’in marks sixth anniversary of anti-Wall demonstrations

Posted on: February 19, 2011

19 February 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

During the weekly demonstration five people were injured and dozens suffered from server cases of asphyxia from tear gas. Hundreds of Palestinians joined by Israeli and international solidarity actives marched under the banner of unity and an end to the occupation. Today’s demonstration marked six years of struggle in the village against the wall and the occupation. In that time, Bil’in has become an international symbol of unarmed resistance to Israeli Occupation. Entering the seventh year of resistance, the village called for Palestinian unity and end to the Israeli Occupation, the longest … Continue reading


Updated on February 19, 2011
Posted under: Reports
Tags: , , ,

One citizen wounded and dozens asphyxiated in Bil’in

Posted on: January 28, 2011

28 January 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall

Ramallah-Bil’in: A resident of Bil’in was wounded and dozens of residents, peace activists, and individuals wishing to show solidarity suffered severe asphyxiation today. This was due to extensive tear gas use in clashes resulting from the Israeli occupation forces suppression of the weekly demonstration march against the wall and settlements in Bil’in.

Participants in today’s demonstration included Dr. Mai Al Kaila, the Palestinian ambassador to Chile and a high level delegation of lawmakersled by Chilean Vice President of Parliament Ivan Moreira. A delegation from the Arab Liberation Front was also … Continue reading


Updated on February 8, 2011
Posted under: Reports
Tags:

IDF commander involved in shooting bound Palestinian evades jail term

Posted on: January 27, 2011

27 January 2011 | YNet News

Lieutenant-Colonol Omri Borberg breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after evading demotion, but residents of Naalin have no plans to let the sentence slide. Ashraf Abu Rahma, the Palestinian who was shot while bound and blindfolded, was extremely upset upon hearing the judges’ ruling.

“The officer committed a crime, the court’s decision is unreasonable,” he told Ynet.

“I can’t understand how he can remain in the army after you see him on tape giving an order to shoot me. It’s a crime.”

The Tel Aviv military court ruled Thursday that Lieutenant-Colonel Omri Borberg, the battalion commander who … Continue reading


Updated on January 27, 2011
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: , ,

Two children arrested in Bil’in

Posted on: January 27, 2011

27 January 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall

The Israeli army detained two children Thursday evening from the village of Bil’in. Mutasim Ali Mansour and Khalil Ibrahim Yassin were by the apartheid wall, when they were restrained and blindfolded before being taken to an undisclosed location


Updated on February 8, 2011
Posted under: Reports
Tags:

A melancholy Martin Luther King Day in Bil’in

Posted on: January 18, 2011

17 January 2010 | The Huffington Post, Majida Abu Rahmah

My family endured another heartbreaking setback last Tuesday in the case of my husband, Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Although Abdallah’s prison sentence ended November 18th, the Israeli Military Court of Appeals ruled that he should be held for three additional months. My husband has been gone for 13 months already, since he was arrested in the middle of the night last December.

Abdallah was convicted of incitement and organizing demonstrations in our West Bank village, Bil’in. The unarmed weekly demonstrations call for the removal of Israel’s illegal wall, built arbitrarily through our … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2011
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: , ,

Judge accepts military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence

Posted on: January 11, 2011

11 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The court has accepted the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence to a total of 16 months. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but was kept in detention by the military prosecution’s request, despite having finished serving his term. He will now serve an additional 3 months in prison.

After ordering to keep Abdallah Abu Rahmah in detention past his release date on the 18th of November 2010, the Military Court of Appeals sided with the prosecution’s appeal demanding to aggravate the one-year sentence imposed … Continue reading


Updated on January 14, 2011
Posted under: Features, Press Releases
Tags: , ,

Military court to appeal verdict for Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case on Tuesday

Posted on: January 10, 2011
The family of Jawaher Abu Rahme, 35, say she died after inhaling massive quantities of tear gas fired by Israeli forces.

10 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The court will deliver a decision on the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but has been kept in detention on the military prosecution’s request.

What: Appeal Verdict in Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case.
Where: Military Court of Appeals, Ofer compound.
When: 10:00 AM, Tuesday, January 11.

After ordering to keep Abdallah Abu Rahmah in detention past his release date on the 18th of November, the Military Court of appeals will deliver its verdict on the prosecution’s appeal demanding to aggravate the one-year … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2011
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: ,

Bil’in: A village in mourning

Posted on: January 9, 2011
Bassem Abu Rahmah, a pillar of non-violence in the village of Bil'in, was shot in the chest with a high-velocity teargas canister and died on his way to hospital in 2009. Picture credit: Lazar Simeonov.

9 January 2011 | Al Jazeera, Renee Lewis

One West Bank family has paid the highest price for their village’s peaceful pursuit of justice.

People say that time heals, but the Abu Rahmah family feels as though it is living in a recurring nightmare from which there is no respite. Their nightmare is set in the West Bank village … Continue reading


Updated on January 14, 2011
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: , , ,

“Gas won’t tear us apart”: a return to Bil’in

Posted on: January 9, 2011
Woman marching in Bil'in this afternoon. Picture Credit: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org

8 January 2010 | +972 Magazine, Joseph Dana

Hundreds march in Bil’in to commemorate Jawaher Abu Rahmah, the 36-year-old woman who was killed last week in an unarmed demonstration against the separation wall. The former vice president of the European Parliament, Lusia Morgantini and a current Israeli Parliament member Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) joined the demonstration which was lead by over thirty women’s organizations from the West Bank and Israel. During the protest, demonstrators managed to tear down portions of the … Continue reading


Updated on January 9, 2011
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: , , , ,

Page 3 of 7212345...102030...Last »