Tag: Bil’in
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Substantial evidence contradicts the army’s version of the events surrounding the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah
4 January 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The evidence surrounding the events leading to the death of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rahmah disproves completely the army spokesperson’s version, to the point of putting the army in a ridiculous light. The army’s version is based on claims made anonymously, without any supporting evidence – unךike…
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Combined Systems Inc.: stop providing equipment that Israel misuses to kill and maim unarmed protesters
3 January 2010: Open letter to Combined Systems Inc written by Palestine solidarity groups From: Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (adalahny.org) CodePink: Women for Peace (www.codepink4peace.org) Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org) The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (www.endtheoccupation.org) Dear Combined Systems Inc., As US groups committed to justice…
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Demonstrators ‘return’ tear gas canisters to US ambassador’s home
2 January 2011 | +972 Magazine Israeli activists protesting the killing of Bil’in’s Jawaher Abu Rahmah ‘returned’ spent tear gas canisters to the residence of the American ambassador to Israel late Saturday evening. Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital on Friday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest…
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Israeli forces kill woman in Bil’in
1 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Doctors at the Ramallah hospital fought for Jawaher Abu Rahmah’s life all night at the Ramallah Hospital, but were unable to save her life. Abu Rahmah suffered from severe asphyxiation caused by tear-gas inhalation yesterday in Bil’in, and was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital unconscious. She was…
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Festive demonstrators assailed with tear-gas in Bil’in
25 December 2010 | Bil’in Village At yesterday’s demonstration, a number of Bil’in’s citizens as well as a local journalist were wounded, in addition to the dozens of people who suffered choking from inhaling poison gas. These events come during a week of international solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the occasion of…
