By ISMedia Villagers from Bil’in on Friday, along with Israeli and international peace activists and Internationals dressed in black, will participate in a demonstration against the Israel’s Annexation Wall, currently under constructed in Bil’in. Completion of the Wall could mean ...
Read More »A snake winds through Bil’in
Carrying a 20-foot long mock snake with a dove baring the colors of the Palestinian flag in its mouth, about 100 Palestinian peace activists in the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday were joined by 50 Israelis and 30 ...
Read More »Abdullah Abu-Rahme released
Abdullah Abu-Rahme was released from the jail in Ofer Military Base on Monday, Aug.1, at 2.30 pm. Abdullah was arrested July 17 during a nonviolent demonstration against the wall in his home village of Bil’in. In a previous hearing, a ...
Read More »Vigil at Ofer Military Base for Peace Activist Abdullah Abu Rahme
On Sunday, July 31st, Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists will hold a vigil at the Ofer Military Base at 3 PM to protest the imprisonment of Abdullah Abu Rahme. Abdullah, a leader of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the ...
Read More »Palestinians Give the Israeli military a ‘Gift House’
They Receive Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas in Return in Bilin by Ninna and Palle Today’s demonstration in Bil’in sent a message to world. “Even though settlers are being removed from Gaza, many new settlements are being built in the ...
Read More »Border Police `lie about violence at fence protests’
By Jonathan Lis Ha’aretz Daily For more than six months, dozens of Israelis and hundreds of Palestinians have been demonstrating every weekend against the construction of the separation fence near the West Bank village of Bil’in. These demonstrations, defined by ...
Read More »A West Bank village opts for peaceful protest to broach the Wall
By MOHAMMED KHATIB The Seattle Post Intelligencer seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/233676_arab24.html Sunday, July 24, 2005 Israel’s planned evacuation of its illegal Gaza settlements is a positive step but it should not be mistaken for the end of Israel’s military occupation. While the world’s ...
Read More »Crackdown on peace activists in West Bank
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli forces employed an increased level of brutality against nonviolent Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists Friday during demonstrations in the West Bank villages of Asira and Bil’in. ASIRA Over 250 villagers of Asira, in Nablus district, gathered ...
Read More »Trio of protests against the wall set for communities across the West Bank
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A trio of demonstrations are planned for Friday in villages and cities around the West Bank. If the Israeli military’s history is any indicator, violent response to the peaceful protests is expected. I. PROTESTING THE “BARRIER” IN ...
Read More »Israeli military targeting Palestinian leaders of non-violent resistance
ACTION ALERT Update on three Palestinian leaders I. Abdullah Abu-Rahme Arrested in a nonviolent protest on July 15, 2005. A Judge at Ofer military base on Tuesday, July 26, ruled that Abu-Rhame was “too dangerous” to be released on bail ...
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