Category: Features
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Israeli forces shoot 2 cameramen with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin
For Immediate Release: 5pm, 4 September 2009: Israeli forces shoot Israeli and Palestinian demonstrator with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Palestinian residents, alongside Israeli and international supporters, have been demonstrating today since 12:30pm. Around 4pm, eyewitnesses reported that the Army began to shoot live ammunition towards demonstrators. David Reeb, an Israeli…
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The “Elders”, Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu visit the Apartheid wall in Bil’in
27 August 2009 Bil’in village, West Bank: Former US president Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa visited the site of the Apartheid Wall on the land of the village of Bil’in. The Carters and Archbishop Tutu came to Bil’in together with their colleagues from The “Elders” delegation, former Brazilian president…
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Israeli forces continue to target the leadership of Palestinian non-violent resistance
UPDATE: Mohammad Abu Rahma has been released from Israeli prison on a 5,000 NIS bail. Abdallah Abu Rahme, coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee, stated, “The ongoing arrests are meant to create pressure for us to stop our non-violent resistance. The Israeli authorities are putting conditions on our leaders and forcing us to pay thousands…
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Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an “act of war”
For Immediate Release 18 August 2009: Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an “act of war.” Tristan Anderson, an American national, was critically injured on 13 March 2009 when he was shot with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during an unarmed demonstration against the Wall in the West Bank village…
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Bil’in demonstrates against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign
14 August 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli, Spanish, French and other international supporters, responded today to the Popular Committee’s call to resist the Wall and to show solidarity with the Bil’in prisoners. As is the case each week, demonstrators left the village after the midday prayers and marched towards the gate of the Wall separating…