Tag: Bil’in

  • More than 20 wounded; American activist shot in the head at third year anniversary of the popular struggle in Bil’in

    By Meron Rappaport (Article from Ha’aretz, pictures from Reuters (Eliana Aponte & Yannis Behrakis)) More than 20 activists were wounded Friday as Israel Defense Forces troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at protesters marking three years of struggle against the West Bank separation fence in the West Bank town of Bil’in. Among the…

  • Weekly demonstration in Bil’in

    On February 15, 2008, around 80 Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists took part in the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Bi’lin against the illegal Annexation Wall. The Wall cuts off 60% of Bi’lin’s agricultural land and, in a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court, has been ordered taken down and moved back. The…

  • Yedioth Ahronoth: Polished Protest

    By Yaniv Halili, our correspondent in New York (Translation from Hebrew by Adalah-NY) February 10, 2008 London and New York: Demonstrations Opposite Lev Leviev’s Jewelry Stores “Lev Leviev’s diamonds are a crime’s best friends.” This was not the least of that which around 100 demonstrators chanted yesterday outside Lev Leviev’s diamond boutique on elite Madison…