Tag: Bil’in

  • Haartez: “One blow to the brain”

    by Dalia Karpel for Haaretz On Friday, August 11th, when the end of the Lebanon War was on the horizon, after several weeks in which no more than token protests had taken place in Bil’in, the weekly demonstration against the separation fence began. Border Police troops, who were waiting, threw stun grenades and fired rubber-coated…

  • Protesters Attacked in Bil’in

    To see a video of the demonstration click here. by an ISM Media office volunteer At the weekly demo in Bil’in today Occupation forces once again lashed out at peaceful protesters. As the 100-strong march from the mosque reached the edge of the village the IOF blocked the road and, after announcing the area was…

  • Bil’in: Solidarity With Unpaid Workers Demo

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At the weekly Friday demonstration in Bil’in tomorrow the villagers will be marching to the Apartheid Wall that has stolen half of their agricultural land. The march will start from the mosque at 1pm after prayers . As well as protesting against the theft of their land the villagers will be expressing…

  • MER: “The Only Place Where There’s Hope”

    An Interview with Muhammad Khatib, Jonathan Pollak and Elad Orian, Middle East Report Beginning in December 2004, and then every Friday since February 2005, Palestinians, Israelis and internationals have converged on the West Bank village of Bil‘in to demonstrate against the barrier that Israel is building there, as part of the chain of walls and…

  • Update on Lymor Goldstein the Israeli Lawyer and Activist Shot in Bil’in on the 11th of August

    We all heard about the heartbreaking event of Lymor Goldstein’s near fatal injury in Bil’in on August 11th. We saw photos, we shed tears, and we vowed never again. Lymor was shot with two rubber bullets to the head and one in the neck, causing a fractured skull and internal haemorrhage. One bullet lodged itself…