Tag: Bil’in
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Just can’t quell the non-violent resistance
Just can’t quell the non-violent resistance by ISM Martinez, 27 April 2007 Once a week for 26 months, Palestinians from the village of Bil’in have been non-violently resisting the Israeli Occupation and the Apartheid Wall has ripped through the village. This Friday, Palestinians were joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists. They joined the demonstration…
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Building Economic Independence
Building Economic Independence by Sam Bahour, 19 April 2007 Note: The following is a talk given at the Second Annual Conference on Non-Violent Popular Resistance in the Palestinian village of Bil’in. First, allow me to salute the people of Bil’in. Your steadfastness is being registered in the annals of history with every meter of Wall…
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IPA and Democracy Now: Israeli Military Shoots Nobel Peace Laureate
Israeli Military Shoots Nobel Peace Laureate from the Institute for Public Accuracy, 24 April 2007 Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Shot With Rubber Bullet by Israeli Military at Nonviolent Protest Listen to segment on Democracy Now by clicking HERE Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maguire said today: “I was invited with my friend to attend…
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Video: Puerto Rican activist arrested at Bil’in demonstration against Apartheid Wall, judge throws out request to prolong arrest
Update on Tito’s arrest by the ISM Media Team 21 April 2007 Video by Imad Burnat UPDATE 24 April 2007 Tito has been released from house arrest. He is currently at the Ben Gurion airport awaiting his flight departure. At his court hearing this evening, prosecutors filed a request to prolong his already 96 hour…
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One sunny afternoon in Bil’in
by -bat. I thought long and hard about how to write up this bit, because if I write it in the first person it becomes about me, and about one thing which happened to me once, but I want it to be about the people of this village who have this happen to them regularly,…