Tag: Bil’in

  • Non-Violent Demonstration in Bil’in Attacked by Israeli Military Once Again

    by Jesse and Asa Today the villagers of Bil’in confronted the theft of their land in yet another creative action against the annexation barrier. The villagers carried plastic and styrofoam models of settlement houses which bore the names of various settlements, and took them to the site of the demonstration. When we got to the…

  • Action Alert and Update on Bil’in prisoners

    Another Arrest Raid On the 27 of November at 2:30 in the morning a large Israeli military force accompanied by Israeli border police entered the sleeping village of Bil’in. Israeli border police entered the home of Mohammed Hashem Burnat asking about his brother, 25-year old Farhat. When the border police did not find Farhat, they…

  • West Bank villagers victims of land grab

    By Joy Arbor Originally published in The Daily Nebraskan Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series on the author’s recent trip to Israel/Palestine. “Every inch on this land reminds me of memories. These rocks I played with as a child. The trees I planted with my father and grandfather. It makes me…

  • Settlement Expansion Under the Guise of Security

    CORRECTION: both demonstrations start at 12pm tomorrow, and not 1pm as previously stated. Settlement expansion under the guise of security- Two villages rise up against the wall tomorrow [Ramallah District] The West Bank villages if Bil’in and Abud will both march to the construction sites of the Annexation Wall on their land Friday, November 25…

  • From Strength to Strength; Bil’in to Abud

    In the past week I have been to two impressive and inspiring demonstrations, one in the village of Bil’in, and the other in the village of Abud. Both are located to the west of Ramallah, are inhabited by roughly 2500 people each, and are being affected by the construction of the Wall. The Wall in…