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 ...
Read More »Bil’in marks sixth anniversary of anti-Wall demonstrations
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 ...
Read More »One citizen wounded and dozens asphyxiated in Bil’in
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 ...
Read More »IDF commander involved in shooting bound Palestinian evades jail term
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 ...
Read More »Two children arrested in Bil’in
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 ...
Read More »A melancholy Martin Luther King Day in Bil’in
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 ...
Read More »Judge accepts military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence
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 ...
Read More »Military court to appeal verdict for Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case on Tuesday
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 ...
Read More »Bil’in: A village in mourning
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 ...
Read More »“Gas won’t tear us apart”: a return to Bil’in
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 ...
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