Tag: Bil’in
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More than 20 wounded; American activist shot in the head at third year anniversary of the popular struggle in Bil’in
By Meron Rappaport (Article from Ha’aretz, pictures from Reuters (Eliana Aponte & Yannis Behrakis)) More than 20 activists were wounded Friday as Israel Defense Forces troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at protesters marking three years of struggle against the West Bank separation fence in the West Bank town of Bil’in. Among the…
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Weekly demonstration in Bil’in
On February 15, 2008, around 80 Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists took part in the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Bi’lin against the illegal Annexation Wall. The Wall cuts off 60% of Bi’lin’s agricultural land and, in a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court, has been ordered taken down and moved back. The…
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Yedioth Ahronoth: Polished Protest
By Yaniv Halili, our correspondent in New York (Translation from Hebrew by Adalah-NY) February 10, 2008 London and New York: Demonstrations Opposite Lev Leviev’s Jewelry Stores “Lev Leviev’s diamonds are a crime’s best friends.” This was not the least of that which around 100 demonstrators chanted yesterday outside Lev Leviev’s diamond boutique on elite Madison…
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Japanese activist shot near the eye in Bil’in may not regain his eyesight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kaoru Kishida, a Japanese activist shot near the eye by a rubber-coated steel bullet in Bil’in, has just been operated on in St. John’s Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctors still don’t know if he will regain his eyesight. Kishida was shot on January 25th, in a non-violent demonstration against the Annexation…
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Adalah-NY: New York & London protesters call for Valentine’s boycott of Leviev over Israeli Settlements
For the original article, click here. New York, NY, Feb 9, 2008 – Forty-five protesters called on Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott the jewelry store of Israeli billionaire and settlement magnate Lev Leviev this Saturday, the last major shopping day before Valentine’s Day. The protest was the seventh organized by the New York activist group…