Amnesty International 13 June 2010 Amnesty International has urged an Israeli military court not to convict a Palestinian non-violent activist who has been detained since last July, after he took part in a protest against the Israeli built fence/wall on ...
Read More »Weekend demonstrations commemorate Flotilla massacre
International Solidarity Movement 8 June 2010 Bil’in On Friday June 4th, the village of Bilín’s own Freedom Flotilla ship was attacked by soldiers from the Israel military, after it had been driven to the site of the Apartheid Fence which ...
Read More »Nakba Day observations span West Bank
International Solidarity Movement 16th May 2010 Al Ma’asara: ‘Culture is Resistance’ The village of Al Ma’asara, near Bethlehem, held a Palestinian cultural festival on Friday to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba. Palestinian music, dance and poetry were all ...
Read More »Weekend demonstrations continue the struggle
International Solidarity Movement 10 May 2010 Bil’in Today’s demonstrators, Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals, marched from the Bil’in mosque towards the illegal apartheid wall. Halfway along the route, the procession picked up several men dressed entirely in black, carrying a coffin ...
Read More »Demonstrations across West Bank reflect growing momentum
International Solidarity Movement 3 May 2010 Between Friday and Sunday, more than 600 demonstrators protested the apartheid, land confiscation and the illegal wall in eight West Bank locations. These weekly demonstrations reflect the growing momentum of popular non-violent resistance, despite ...
Read More »Israeli demonstrator badly injured in Bil’in demonstration
Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee 23rd April 2010 An Israeli protester suffered a broken skull after soldiers shot him directly with a tear gas projectile that hit his forehead. Five demonstrators were arrested. Another protester was hit in the head with ...
Read More »All Palestinian political parties will join the 5th Bil’in International Conference on Nonviolent Resistance
Bil’in Popular Committee 15 March 2010 The Palestinian village of Bil’in will host the next 21-23 April 2010 the conference “Khalas! Enough occupation! We’re winning! 5th Bil’in International Conference on Popular Resistance” All the Secretary Generals of the Palestinian Political ...
Read More »Bil’in and Ni’lin demonstrate in the face of closed military zone orders
International Solidarity Movement 19 March 2010 The smell of tear gas hung over the villages of Ni’lin and Bil’in today. The shouts demanded an end to apartheid and access to farmlands. The odd and surreal status quo was maintained this ...
Read More »Israeli Army: Bil’in and Ni’lin a Closed Military Zone for a Six Month Period
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 14 March 2010 One week after the head of the Israeli Shin Bet threatened to aggravate the repression of the Palestinian popular struggle, a large military force raided the villages of Bil’in and Ni’ilin at 3:30AM ...
Read More »West Bank rises up in a new ‘white’ intifada
Donald Macintyre | The Independent 12 March 2010 Ehab Barghouti would not have been at the demonstration at all if his father Asdal had had his way. Asdal found his son, 14, on the road from their village of Beit ...
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