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Montreal Mirror: Land grabs and lawsuits
A Palestinian village sues two Montreal-based companies over the construction of a West Bank settlement By Jesse Rosenfeld To view the original article published by The Montreal Mirror click here 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…
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Bil’in Supreme Court hearing on 3rd August
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Sunday 3rd August Israel’s Supreme Court will decide if the State of Israel is in contempt of court regarding the withdrawal of the Apartheid Wall from the village of Bil’in. Bil’in is a small village close to Jerusalem near the illegal Israeli settlement of Mod’in Illit. The Apartheid Wall skirts around this illegal settlement and cuts off much of Bil’in’s agricultural land. The wall, which is a quadruple fence and military road…
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On the day of Ahmed’s funeral, Israeli army leave 17 year old brain-dead
On the 30th July, the villagers of Ni’lin said goodbye to of ten year old Ahmed, taking his body from Ramallah to his funeral in Ni’lin. Photos courtesy of Activestills Later that afternoon about 200 villagers gathered near the checkpoint in Ni’lin and many of them confronted the seven jeeps, with about 50 soldiers, who had taken position there. Seventeen people were injured, three of them in the head by rubber bullets. Late in the evening…
