Tag: Bil’in

  • Seventeen year old from Bil’in arrested in night raid

    Last night the Israeli army carried out a night raid in the West Bank village of Bil’in and arrested a seventeen year old boy. At least 12 Israeli army jeeps entered the village at approximately 1.30 in the morning. Soldiers from two of the jeeps then closed off the house of Ahmed Abdul Fatah Burnat,…

  • The resistance continues in protests across Palestine

    Al Ma’sara  (Friday 16 July) On the anniversary of the French Revolution, the theme of the protest in Al Ma’sara on Friday was the destruction of the prison in which Israel holds Palestinians captive, redolent of the French storming of the Bastille in 1789. Around 50 demonstrators, both Palestinians and internationals, marched towards the main…

  • IDF to probe death of Palestinian protester at West Bank rally

    Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 12 July 2010 The Military Advocate General on Monday ordered the army’s criminal investigations unit to investigate the death of a Palestinian protester who was killed by a tear gas canister at a demonstration in Bil’in in April 2009. The Military Advocate General had refused to open a criminal investigation into…