• The role of ‘State Land’ in settlement construction

    B’Tselem download the PDF The declaration of land as state land and the registration of state land in the land registry has, since 1967, been the principal method used by Israel to take control of land to build settlements and create land reserves for their future expansion.123 Until then, the state relied on the claim of “military need” to seize private land, which often required that it prove to the High Court of Justice that the…

  • Palestinians mourn demonstrator’s death

    Al Jazeera 18 April 2009 Bil’in buries Basem Abu Rahme and residents discuss the lethal use of a high velocity tear gas projectile by Israeli forces against unarmed demonstrators.

  • Israeli forces: protester’s death likely due to unauthorized fire

    Anshel Pfeffer and Avi Issacharoff | Ha’aretz Israel Defense Forces sources said Saturday a tear gas canister that killed a Palestinian demonstrator Friday at a protest against the West Bank separation fence was likely fired in violation of orders. Bassem Abu Rahmeh, 31, was killed during a protest in the West Bank village of Bil’in, a flash point for confrontations between soldiers and anti-fence protesters. The Bil’in shooting occurred during a protest during which around 100…

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