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Dozens of volunteers injured while picking olives in Bil’in

Posted on: October 12, 2008

Report from the Bil’in Committee Against the Apartheid Wall

Friday 10th of October 2008

After the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in gathered in protest along with Israeli and international activists. The French Farmers Union Northern France joined the protest to pick olives. The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners calling to allow the Palestinian farmers to pick olives from their land. The protesters called also for a popular struggle to remove the wall, stop the confiscation of land, remove the checkpoints and free all the Palestinian detainees.

On the other side, the Palestinian Popular Struggle Party brought 100 volunteers to help the … Continue reading


Updated on October 12, 2008
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Three injured in Bilin weekly protest

Posted on: October 5, 2008

Report by Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bilin

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Friday 3/10/2008

The residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli activists, gathered to demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall and settlement building on the 3rd October. The protesters raised the Palestinian flag and banners to commemorate the Eid, calling for a national unity and also other banners condemning the massacres against the Palestinian people.

The demo left after the Friday prayer and called for an end to the racist Israeli policy and settlement building, closures, kidnappings, and the siege on cities and villages. The protesters marched towards the wall … Continue reading


Updated on October 5, 2008
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Three protesters injured at Bil’in weekly demonstration

Posted on: September 26, 2008
Three protesters injured at Bil’in weekly demonstration

Friday, September 26, 2008

On the 26th September 2008 after the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, held a demonstration against the apartheid wall and the confiscation of their land. The protesters carried banners for the 8th anniversary of the Al-Aqsa intifada. They called for a third Intifada to remove the wall, stop settlement construction, remove checkpoints, open roads and stop the confiscation of Palestinian land. They also called to break Israeli racism and for the freedom of Palestinian detainees.

Photos courtesy of Activestills

The protesters marched towards … Continue reading


Updated on September 26, 2008
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Teargas injures dozens at weekly Bil’in Protest

Posted on: September 19, 2008

Report from Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall

Friday, September 19, 2008 – The residents of Bilin joined by international and Israeli peace activists gathered to demonstrate against the Wall and settlement building. Today is the 26th anniversary of Sabra and Shatel massacre. The protesters raised the Palestinian flag and condemned the massacres against the Palestinian people.

The demo left after the Friday prayer and called for an end to the Israeli racist policy and settlement building, closures, kidnappings, and the siege on cities and villages. The protesters marched towards the wall to reach the confiscated land behind it. As a usual … Continue reading


Updated on September 19, 2008
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Globes: The Guardian – “Leviev donates to settlements- Britain must not reward him by renting the location for the new embassy from him”

Posted on: September 13, 2008

Globes: Israel’s Business News | Sept. 9, 2008
Note: Translated from the Hebrew-only edition. Original Hebrew below.

In an Op Ed by a reporter for the British paper he explains how the decision will send a message from Britian that is opposite the government’s position. “Rewarding Leviev with our contract shows that Her Majesty’s Government is not serious in its intention to stop settlements.”

The British embassy’s decision to rent its new embassy building in Tel Aviv from Lev Leviev’s Africa-Israel sends a message from Britain about its position regarding settlements. So wrote the Guardian journalist Abe Hayeem in an … Continue reading


Updated on September 13, 2008
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Bil’in Popular Committee: Toilet water – the new kind of weapon used against the people from Bil’in

Posted on: August 8, 2008

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Today, 8th August 2008, after the Friday Prayers, the inhabitants of Bil’in, Israeli, and international peace activists participated in a demonstration against the wall. They raised Palestinian flags and signs with slogans that condemn the policies of the occupation. The slogans condemned the construction of the wall, the confiscation of Palestinian lands for the construction of settlements, the road closures, and the seizure of Palestinian villages, towns, and cities. The protesters also carried signs with slogans against the killing of innocent civilians, especially children. In addition, the slogans condemned the attacks … Continue reading


Updated on August 8, 2008
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J-Post: Court, state clash over barrier route

Posted on: August 4, 2008

By Dan Izenberg

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In one of the most bitter clashes in memory between the High Court of Justice and a representative of the State Attorney’s Office, Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch on Sunday accused the state of violating a ruling handed down 11 months ago regarding the route of the West Bank security barrier between the Palestinian village of Bil’in and the urban settlement of Modi’in Illit.

The conflict came during a hearing over a motion for contempt of court filed by attorney Michael Sfard on behalf … Continue reading


Updated on August 4, 2008
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J-Post: High Court to hear Bil’in petition

Posted on: August 3, 2008

By Dan Izenberg

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The High Court of Justice is due on Sunday to hear a petition filed recently by residents of the Palestinian village of Bil’in charging that the government and the army are in contempt of court for failing to reroute the barrier separating the village from Modi’in Illit in keeping with a High Court ruling from September 2007.

Several days after the contempt of court petition was submitted to the court, the state submitted a proposal for the new barrier route.

But in another brief filed … Continue reading


Updated on August 3, 2008
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Maan: Bil’in – dozens injured after inhaling tear gas, town waits for court verdict

Posted on: August 1, 2008
Maan: Bil’in – dozens injured after inhaling tear gas, town waits for court verdict

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Dozens of residents and a Palestinian journalist suffered breathing problems after inhaling tear gas fired on them by Israeli soldiers during a peaceful protest in the village of Bil’in on Friday afternoon.

Photos courtesy of Activestills

The protest is a weekly event against the construction of the separation wall which cuts the village off from its ancestral land.

After Friday noon prayers, Bil’in residents took to the streets alongside international and Israeli peace activists, carrying … Continue reading


Updated on August 1, 2008
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Montreal Mirror: Land grabs and lawsuits

Posted on: July 31, 2008

A Palestinian village sues two Montreal-based companies over the construction of a West Bank settlement

By Jesse Rosenfeld

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Accused of war crimes for their involvement with Israeli settlement expansion, two Quebec-registered companies are being sued in Canada by the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Bi’lin.

Toronto lawyer Mark Arnold filed a claim in Quebec Superior Court on behalf of the village against Green Park and Green Mount International three weeks ago. The case is part of a combined Palestinian, Canadian and Israeli effort to halt expansion of the Modi’in Illit … Continue reading


Updated on July 31, 2008
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