ISM PRESS RELEASE — Residents of the West Bank village of Bil’in – along with Israelis and foreign peace activists – were chased by Israeli soldiers Friday afternoon during the protest against construction of the illegal barrier being built in ...
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by Marcy Newman There is a Palestinian rap group called DAM who has a popular song entitled “Meen Erhabe?” or “Who’s the Terrorist?” That song played over and over again in my mind yesterday as I participated in a nonviolent ...
Read More »My Wife is in Jail, Again
by Adam Shapiro (The following was written by ISM cofounder Adam Shapiro after the June 20 arrest of Huaida Arraf in Bil’in, where she had joined villagers in protesting construction of Israel’s wall on their land.) Once again, for probably ...
Read More »Six arrested in Bil’in
ISM photo: Israeli and internationals join Palestinians in the West Bank village of Bil’in on June 22 in a march to protest Israel’s illegal barrier which cuts through a gigantic swath of the village. Residents of the West Bank village ...
Read More »“Every week we bear witness to yet another violent attack by the security forces at the village of Bil’in,”
by, Yoav Stern Haaretz Correspondent See the story online at: www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/603111.html Five people were lightly hurt and five others were detained for questioning during a a demonstration against the West Bank security fence in the village of Bil’in, adjacent to ...
Read More »Protests Outside Bil’in to Continue on Friday
West Bank villagers to show the faces of Bush INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT — A nonviolent protest against the building of the illegal separation barrier near Bil’in is set for Friday, July 22 at 1 p.m. Residents of Bil’in will be ...
Read More »Update on Bil’in Arrestees
A military appeals judge ruled today to extend the detention of non-violent community organizer Abdullah Abu Rahme of Bil’in until Sunday at 11:00 AM when the military prosecution’s appeal against Abdullah’s release on bail will be heard. Earlier today a ...
Read More »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Staying Arrested Together
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT — Three international activists are refusing to sign release papers after being arrested alongside a Palestinian protester. The arrests occurred during a nonviolent action against the Illegal barrier in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The three ...
Read More »Protesters blocked the path of the Annexation Barrier
For photos of the action see: freckle.blogs.com/photos/strength_in_unity Bil’in- 6:00 AM Today Protestors blocked the path of the Israeli bulldozers working to build the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in. They were chained together in a cylinder six meters long which allowed only ...
Read More »ACTION ALERT: Palestinian Gandhi Re-arrested
The Palestinian Gandhi, Abdullah Abu Rahme, and Akram Al Khatib, two members of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, were arrested Friday, July 15, 2005 and are still being held at Ofer Military Base. The two ...
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