Tag: Bil’in

  • Friday Anti-Wall demonstrations marked by violence

    Qaffin Friday, March 8th, saw a large demonstration in the West Bank town of Qaffin against the annexation wall. The demonstration was organised by the Qaffin municipality and featured a large block of activists from the Democratic Union. Approximately four hundred Palestinian and international demonstrators marched to wall to be met by two Israeli army…

  • Adalah-NY: In Ha’aretz interview Leviev “spins” protests against his companies’ settlement construction

    Adalah-NY: info@mideastjustice.org, www.mideastjustice.org (see excerpt from Ha’aretz interview below) New York, NY, March 7 – In a rare interview in the March 7 English edition of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz Daily, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev responded to questions about recent protests and calls for a boycott of his companies in response to their settlement construction…

  • IMEMC: Palestinian farmer critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire in Bil’in

    http://www.imemc.org/article/53281 A Palestinian young man was wounded by Israeli army gunfire in the village of Bil’in near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that Wa’am Burnat, 18 was wounded as he was working in his family’s farmland in the village. Apparently Burnat came near the wall, Israel is…

  • Successful roadblock removal and funeral march for Gaza during weekend protests

    Tuwani- On Friday, February 29th, around 80 Palestinians and international activists removed roadblocks on the street which connects Tuwani village to the city of Yatta , across the settler bypass road 6o. The village, near the settlements Susiya and Ma’on, is situated in Area C, which means it is under full Israeli control. Four weeks…

  • IMEMC: Dozens of protests held worldwide calling for an end to Gaza siege

    by Saed Bannoura In partnership with Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), Friends of freedom and Justice-Bilin, and Gaza On My Mind, dozens of groups worldwide held protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday February 23rd. Participating nations include France, UK, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, Canada, USA, Russia,…