Tag: Bil’in
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Lethal Flood Caused by Apartheid Wall Construction in Bil’in
UPDATE: At 2.10pm, Eyad Tahar’s dead body was found. See the latest press release at www.palsolidarity.org for more details. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 7 am this morning, in a flash flood caused by the annexation barrier near the village of Bil’in two brothers were washed away. A search party is currently attempting to find Eyad…
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Bil’in Tries to Bridge Over Troubled Waters
by ISM Media office volunteers At about 1:20 pm this Friday 31st of March the weekly demonstration against the apartheid barrier in Bil’in set off. As usual, it consisted of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals – about 300 in all. When we got to the fence, we were met by a crowd of about 50 Israeli…
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Palestinians to smash illegal settlement Friday 24th of March
Villagers of Bil’in will use replica judge’s hammers to smash models of Modi’in Elite expansion of Metityahu Mizrah settlement. On Tuesday 21st March the High Court of Justice ordered the state to explain why a criminal investigation should not be opened against those responsible for issuing illegal building permits and why the houses should not…
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Court moves closer to ordering illegal settlement houses razed
By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent From Haaretz The High Court of Justice Tuesday gave the state 30 days to explain why houses built illegally in the Matityahu East neighborhood of the Modi’in Ilit settlement should not be demolished. Justices Aharon Barak, Eliezer Rivlin and Ayala Procaccia also ordered the state to explain why a criminal…
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Israeli Supreme Court: State Must Defend why Settlement Expansion Near Bil’in Should not be Demolished
On the 21st of March the Israeli State and other parties were ordered to respond to a petition filed by Peace Now and head of the Council of Bil’in. Defendants must convince the Court that construction plans for the illegal Matityahu East settlement should not be annulled. They must also explain why demolition orders should…