Tag: Bil’in

  • Bil’in: Land Grab thanks to the Wall

    Bil’in is a small village located six km east of the green line, west of Ramallah. The village rests on 4,000 dunams (about 1,000 acres) and is home to 1,700 residents, whose livelihood depends on agriculture and work outside the village. Most of the villages land lies between two streams (the Modi’in stream in the…

  • West Bil’in Outpost exposes truth behind the Wall-Press conference Tomorrow

    The Palestinian outpost of “West Bil’in”, deemed illegal by Israeli authorities, has dramatically highlighted the true nature of the Wall as a means to expand illegal outposts and allow settlement expansion confirming the findings of a report to be released today. A small building erected at the outpost this week has been threatened with demolition…

  • Bil’in Turns the Tables on the Occupation

    The people of Bil’in are using the symbols and language employed by Israel for the theft of Palestinian land in a bid to hold onto village land that Israel is attempting to annex for the Wall and settlements. Last week Palestinians from Bil’in, with their Israeli and international supporters, established the Palestinian “outpost” of “West…

  • Christmas lights in Bil’in

    By Maria and Anna Bilin 26/12/05 On Christmas day, a day representing love and hope for millions of people around the world, the brave people of Bilin brought a new caravan on their land that has been unrightfully cut off by the Israeli authorities for the construction of the annexation barrier and the expansion of…

  • Four articles on Bil’in In the Israeli press

    1) There’s a system for turning Palestinian property into Israel’s state land By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 2) Bilin: Illegal outpost may become school By Ali Waked, Ynet 3) Bil’in demonstrators return to outpost By Erik Schechter, Jerusalem Post 4) Palestinians, left-wing activists rebuild ‘outpost’ in village of Bil’in By Jonathan Lis and Meron Rappaport, Haaretz…