Bil’in

Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced to a year in prison

Posted on: October 11, 2010

11 October 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Bil’in protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment today, for his involvement in his village’s unarmed struggle against the wall.

Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, plus 6 months suspended sentence for 3 years and a fine of 5,000 NIS. In the sentencing, the judge cited the non-implementation of an Israeli High Court ruling which declared the current route of the wall on Bil’in’s land illegal as a mitigating factor.

The military prosecution is likely to appeal this sentencing – as they did in the … Continue reading

Updated on October 23, 2010
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Bil'in, Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Prisoner

Action Alert: We stand with Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: October 5, 2010

Jewish Voice for Peace

4 October 2010

Seized in the night. Tortured. Held without trial, then tried in a military court where you have no rights; convicted on the coerced confessions of minors, you are facing a sentence of years in prison. All for organizing peaceful protests against the theft of your land and asserting your democratic rights.

Most of us who believe in human rights and democracy can never imagine being treated in such a way. Yet that is exactly what befell Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a democracy … Continue reading

Updated on October 21, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Action Alert, Bil'in, Demonstration, Global Actions, Wall

Weekly protests: man shot with live ammunition in Bil’in

Posted on: September 26, 2010

Palestinian and international demonstrators carry Ashraf after he is shot in the shin

26 September 2010 | ISM Media

Brutal suppression of the Palestinian popular struggle continues: A Palestinian man was shot in the leg with live ammunition in Bil`in, while live rounds were also fired in Ni`lin and An-Nabi Saleh, where rubber-coated steel bullets were fired at children. In Beit Ummar a Palestinian man was beaten unconscious by Israeli forces yet only an innocent French peace activist was arrested for assault. Demonstrators marched around the Old City in Hebron, and burned settlement goods in Al-Ma`sara, showing their support and solidarity to the people of Silwan where a Palestinian man was killed … Continue reading

Updated on May 16, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Al Ma'asara, An Nabi Saleh, Beit Ummar, Bil'in, Hebron, Ni'lin

Weekly protests continue across Palestine

Posted on: September 20, 2010

Palestinian youths open the gate in Bil`in. Photo credit: Hamde Abu Rahma

20 September 2010 | ISM Media

Arrests, low-flying tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets: reports from weekly demonstrations in Bil`in, Ni`lin, An-Nabi Saleh, Al-Ma`sara, Beit Ummar and Hebron.

Updated on May 16, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Al Ma'asara, An Nabi Saleh, Beit Ummar, Bil'in, Demonstration, Hebron, Ni'lin

IDF still using banned weapon against civilian protestors

Posted on: September 20, 2010

Chaim Levinson | Ha’aretz

19 September 2010

The Israel Defense Forces continues using the Ruger 10/22 rifle to disperse protests even though it has been prohibited by the military advocate general, a hearing at a military court revealed last week. A brigade’s former operations officer told the court he wasn’t even aware of the prohibition.

Last Wednesday, the Judea Military Court convened for the sentencing hearing of protest organizer Abdullah Abu-Rahma from Bil’in, convicted last month of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations. The state submitted an expert opinion by Maj. Igor Moiseev, who served as the Binyamin Brigade’s operations officer for … Continue reading

Updated on September 20, 2010
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: 0.22 bullets, Bil'in, Demonstration, Live ammunition, Ni'lin, Wall

Military Prosecution Demands More Than Two Years Imprisonment for Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: September 16, 2010

Abdallah Abu Rhamah at court yesterday. Picture credit: Oren Ziv/Active Stills*

16 September 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Military prosecutor said harsh sentence should serve as a deterrent to other protesters. Despite military orders to the contrary, army officer said 0.22″ caliber bullets are considered crowd control measures.

Updated on September 18, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases, Reports
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Bil'in, Military court, Prisoner

Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s trial to enter sentencing phase on Wednesday

Posted on: September 14, 2010

13 September 2010 | Popular Struggle

The trial of Bil’in protest organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah will renew this Wednesday, after his conviction of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations was harshly criticized by the EU, the Spanish Parliament and human rights organizations.

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Updated on November 23, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Amnesty International, Bil'in, Demonstration, Human Rights Watch, Prisoner, Spain

Demonstrations against the illegal wall on the first day of Eid ul-Fitr

Posted on: September 12, 2010

12 September 2010 | ISM Media

The weekend of 10-11th September saw the start of Eid ul-Fitr, which ends the fasting observed during the holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim religion. Three villages around Ramallah – Bil’in, Ni’lin and An Nabi Saleh – held protests on Friday 10th September despite it being the first day of Eid.

Bil’in

This week’s demonstration against the illegal separation wall and its route through the village was yet again met with violence from the Israeli military. Despite it being the first day of Eid ul-Fitr, approximately 30 Palestinians, and 20 to 25 Israeli and International activists … Continue reading

Updated on November 23, 2010
Posted under: Reports
Tags: An Nabi Saleh, Bil'in, Demonstration, Ni'lin

Spanish Parliament condemns Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s conviction

Posted on: September 8, 2010

8 September 2010 | Popular Struggle

The Spanish Parliament followed the footsteps of the EU and the Desmond Tutu of the Elders, and joined the rising tide of international criticism over Abu Rahmah’s conviction of incitement by an Israeli military court.

The Spanish Parliament’s Intergroup for Palestine issued a statement that expressed their “deep concern that Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s potential incarceration aims at preventing him and other Palestinians from exercising their legitimate right to protest against the existence of the Wall in a non violent manner.” (full text of the statement is available below or here … Continue reading

Updated on November 23, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Bil'in, Demonstration, Military court, Prisoner, Spain

West Bank protests against Israel’s many crimes violently dispersed by military: ten arrested

Posted on: September 5, 2010

5 September 2010 | ISM Media

Al Ma’sara

At around midday on Friday, thirty demonstrators including around ten international and Israeli activists, met to protest against land-theft by the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat and against the illegal military occupation.

The marchers carried a banner saying there should be “No Peace Show” until the occupation ends and international law is upheld in Palestine – referring to the negotiations that began in Washington the previous day (September 2nd). Still within the village boundaries, they were met by five Israeli army jeeps. An officer showed the group an order declaring the area a closed … Continue reading