Tag: Bil’in
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Palestinian teen injured in Bil’in rally
Ali Waked | YNet News 4 June 2009 A 13-year-old boy suffered a rubber-bullet head injury Thursday, during an anti-security fence rally in the Palestinian village of Bil’in, located near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The boy was rushed to the Ramallah hospital in moderate condition and is said to be undergoing surgery. Anti-security…
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People & Power – Courtroom Intifada
Al Jazeera 3 June 2009 The small village of Bil’in is trying to regain land lost to the Separation Wall and an encroaching Jewish settlement through ‘legal resistance’. As their victory in the Israeli Supreme Court continues to be ignored, the villagers, helped by Israeli lawyer Michael Sfard, file a case against the international construction…
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Palestinian village sends pair to sue Quebec companies
CBC Canada 2 June 2009 Two representatives of a small West Bank Palestinian village will tour Canada this month, as they prepare a lawsuit against two Quebec-based companies for allegedly violating international law by building Israeli settlements on occupied territory. Mohammed Khatib is a member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in the town…
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Dubai, jewel in Israel’s sales crown
Alain Gresh | Le Monde 27 May 2009 With the exception of Egypt, all Arab states officially boycott Israel, blacklist Israeli companies and ban imports of Israeli products. The same countries frequently lead the voices calling for sanctions against Israel. But sometimes life gets in the way. Just a few weeks after the world financial…
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Bil’in demonstration commemorates Basem Abu Rahme
Bil’in Popular Committee 29 May 2009 After Friday prayers, the people began the weekly demonstration at Bil ‘in, in which a group of international, Palestinian and Israelis from peace and anti-occupation movements gather to resist the building of the wall around the village in order to regain land that was taken in 2004. This Friday,…