Tag: Bil’in

  • Bilin: Four Detained as Military get Physical with Demonstrators

    Bilin 10th August 2007 About 100 international, Palestinian, and Israeli activists, and demonstrators, gathered in Bil’in village on the morning of August 10th 2007 for what was to be the 131st demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Ilit. It would be the first demonstration since the illegal squatting by…

  • Haaretz: A visit to the jungle

    By Akiva Eldar Last week the prime minister congratulated Ariel College for being elevated by the Judea and Samaria Council of Higher Education to university status. Today, Ehud Olmert is traveling to Jericho, in order to hold talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, on an agreement of principles (and perhaps even “agreed-upon principles”) for…

  • AFP: Israel settlement builder in dire straits

    Published August 3, 2007 By AFP Heftsiba, one of Israel’s largest firms building settlements in the occupied West Bank, is in danger of closing, according to media reports Friday. The company, which specializes in constructing inexpensive accommodation for ultra-Orthodox families, is in debt to the tune of $200 million, the reports said. Heftsiba has now…

  • Goliath comes tumbeling down

    update: The Goliath real Estate Company Heftsiba who is the company (together with Canadian company Green Park) that was building the settlement of Matityahu Mizrah as well as the settlement of Beitar elite and settlements in occupied East Jerusalem has started showing signs of bankruptcy. The Haredi population who have bought apartments from the company…

  • Bilin: Soldiers show no restraint towards Peaceful Demonstrators

    Bilin, 28th July 2007. Approximately 300 international, Palestinian and Israeli non-violent demonstrators came together for the 129th Bilin demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall. The demonstrators came from all backgrounds and included children as young as five through to women, men and elderly internationals, Israelis and Palestinians. The demonstration took a different route than usual…