Tag: Bil’in

  • Joy persists amid occupation

    by Erik Yesterday, the first of September, Joy persisted through the dismay and hopelessness of occupation. A group called the Media Youth Collective came to the village of Bil’in bearing the tools of Renoir, Kahlo, Van Gough and others; they came with art supplies. This group of 5-10 high school and college-age avengers met quite…

  • Shot in the Shoulder

    Nina, Eric, Phil, Greta About 10 pm last night, soldiers came roaring into Bil’in, coming down the road by the school and throwing sound bombs at the village. As they continued down the road to the mosque, they began throwing tear gas as well. They were met at the mosque by boys throwing stones, giving…

  • Incursion into the village of Bil’in

    Nina, Phil About 4 am, Abdullah woke us up and said there were soldiers in the village. Both of us went up on to the roof to listen to the phone conversation he was having people in one of the houses. It was down the road that is close to the construction and had been…

  • Does anyone care?

    by Ash The demonstration of Bil’in last Friday was a direct message to the UN, I think that message was “The UN is blind to see the crimes against Palestinians and cannot rule against the Israeli government, because Israel is shutting everyone up”. 16 Internationals and Israelis (the number of the security council members of…

  • Bil’in: A Struggle in Pictures

    Jon Elmer, a photojournalist with the The New Standard, put together a photo essay from the August 12 demonstration against Israel’s annexation wall in Bil’in. You can view it and read the accompanying article here.