Tag: Bil’in
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Bil’in to welcome members of Shministim at Friday demonstration
For Immediate Release: The West Bank village of Bil’in will hold a demonstration this Friday, 23 October 2009 at 12pm. Members of Shministim (Hebrew for high school seniors), the Israeli organization of teenagers who refuse to serve in the Israeli Army, will join the weekly Bil’in demonstration this Friday. According to members of the Shministim,…
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Bil’in villagers appeal Canadian court
Dan Izenberg | The Jerusalem Post 21 October 2009 Farmers from Bil’in, 12 km. west of Ramallah, are continuing their efforts in Canada to obtain a court order instructing two building companies registered and domiciled in Quebec to stop all apartment construction on land they maintain belongs to them, a Toronto lawyer representing them said…
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Believing in the nonviolent struggle
Jody McIntyre | Electronic Intifada 20 October 2009 The following is Palestinian nonviolent resistance activist Ahmed A. Khatib’s story as told to The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre: My name is Ahmed A. Khatib, I am 32 years old, and married with four children. I live in the village of Bilin, where I work on…
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Filling up Israel’s jails to no avail
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 20 October 2009 The plight of Palestinian activist Mohammad Othman has dominated the agendas of NGOs in the region ever since his detention in late September. However, while his case is at the forefront of their minds, Othman is just one of 11,000 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails,…
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Israeli Soldier indicted for beating Palestinian grassroots leader Mohammed Khatib in Bil’in
Yesh Din 19 October 2009 On October 15, an indictment was filed against an Israeli soldier accused of beating up well-known nonviolent protester and secretary of Bil’in’s Regional Council Mohammed Khatib one month ago (September 15) during a night raid on the village. The organization Yesh Din filed a complaint and demanded that an investigation…