Tag: Bil’in
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SchNEWS: “Wall of Shame – West pushes Palestinians further into crisis”
From SchNEWS number 544 The remnants of Palestinian civil society, brutalized by the occupation and ongoing encirclement by the apartheid wall, is now reeling under the shock of the sudden removal of all US and EU aid. Their crime? To have voted in free and fair elections for a movement, Hamas, which Bush and Blair…
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Canberra Times: “The Other Aussie Heros”
posted in the Canberra Times May 18th Every Friday for the last fifteen months Palestinian farmers from the West Bank village of Bil’in and their Israeli and international supporters have marched out of the village to reach their lands on the other side of the “Separation Barrier” Israel is building to confiscate 500 acres of…
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BBC: “Villagers fight West Bank Barrier”
By Martin Patience BBC News website, in Bilin After prayers at Bilin’s mosque, male worshippers spill from the modest building and begin the short walk to the West Bank barrier running close to the village. The demonstrations at Bilin have become a weekly Friday ritual Every Friday for the last 15 months, members of the…
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The “Only Democracy in the Middle East”
By Raad In the last week we had two decisions by the Supreme Court of the Zionist state which reveal how racist this regime is. The first one is the citizenship law which will affect thousands of Palestinian families on both sides of the Green Line and the second is the Bil’in court case. Citizenship…
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Bil’in Protest: Journalists Targeted, Many Injured
Hitham al-Khateeb, who was filming the demonstration, suffered a skull fracture from a tear gas canister Today Friday May 19, 2006, the army escalated its violent tactics against non-violent protestors in Bil’in, leaving 26 people injured, including Hitham al-Khateeb, who was filming the demonstration, suffered a fracture in his skull from a tear gas canister…