Tag: Bil’in

  • Illegal settlement expansion exposed on Bil’in village land

    by the ISM media team, February 11th Villagers from Bil’in today accessed their land on the other side of the annexation barrier in order to plant trees. The Israeli Supreme Court had previously ruled that this land, which has been built on for the expansion of the illegal Matityahu East settlement, rightfully belongs to the…

  • Haaretz: “Judge: Troops at fence protest were more violent than protesters”

    by Meron Rapoport, February 10th A military judge wrote Saturday that soldiers trying to disperse protesters against the separation fence in the West Bank village of Bil’in used more violence than the demonstrators. After watching a videotape of the rally, the judge wrote that the troops showed an “ugly face” to people holding a democratic…

  • Sound bomb dropped on Bil’in villager’s foot

    by the ISM media team, February 9th At today’s weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in a soldier dropped a sound bomb on a peaceful protester who was part of group holding a sit-in near the gate to the Wall. The bomb exploded on the foot of Bil’in villager Husam Khatib. Husam received medical…