Tag: Bil’in

  • Join the 2009 Olive Harvest Campaign

    9 September 2009 With rapidly escalating levels of settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2009 Olive Harvest Campaign. The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and burned by the…

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in

    8 September 2009 Shortly after 2:30am, the Israeli occupation forces invaded the village of Bil’in again with five Jeeps and a military truck. They came to arrest Hamaza Burnat (age 16) but he was not at home at the time. This was the second time this week that the Israeli Army raided his house. Bil’in…

  • Palestinians protest land seizure

    Al Jazeera Hundreds of Palestinian villagers have made a short but symbolic march to the separation wall that Israel has built on their land, a non-violent protests that they regularly undertake. Equally, the protesters, marching from the village of Bilin, are regularly met with a violent response from the Israeli army. “The village of Bilin…

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in in the night

    5 September 2009 Around 2:30am, the Israeli occupation forces invaded Bil’in again. They raided two houses but no arrests were made. They raided the house where Khamse Yaseen (age 16) lives and attempted to arrest him, but he was not at home at the time. They also raided the house where Yaseen Mohammed Ali Yaseen…

  • Two injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation during the Bil’in weekly protest

    Bil’in Popular Committee 4 September 2009 Despite the hot summer and the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a protest joined by internationals and Israeli peace activists marched from Bili’n after the Friday prayer. The protesters chanted and called for the end of the occupation, settlement building and the release of Palestinian detainees. Today…