Tag: Bil’in

  • The Guardian: “Anti-wall protests hit second anniversary”

    by Rory McCarthy, February 23rd Israelis and Palestinians will gather today for a demonstration to mark the two-year anniversary of their most high-profile joint campaign against Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank. Weekly protests at Bil’in, a village west of Ramallah, may have done little to alter the path of the 437-mile concrete and…

  • The Wall – The Battlefield in Bil’in

    by Abdullah Abu Rahme, Bil’in is a small, peaceful village surrounded by hills and valleys, lying halfway between Yaffa and Jerusalem and is among the villages that fall under the governorate of Ramallah, 16km west of Bil’in. It has a population of 1800 in an area approximately 4000 dunums in size. Its people are known…

  • Second Anniversary Demonstration in Bil’in

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday 23rd February Bil’in village west of Ramallah marks two years of non-violent resistance to the annexation barrier and illegal settlements. Every Friday for the past two years villagers from Bil’in have marched from the village mosque after midday prayers to the site of the barrier to protest the barrier and…

  • Anarchist activist Jonathan Pollak given 3 month suspended sentence

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jonathan Pollak, an activist with Anarchists Against the Wall was sentenced to 3 months in prison, that will be activated if he is convicted at a similar charge again. Pollak was sentenced today after he was convicted together with 10 other activist for blocking a road in Tel Aviv in protest of…

  • Haaretz: “Leftist asks court for jail time after convicted in illegal protest”

    NOTE: This article contains an inaccurate translation of the sentencing statement. It should read: “This trial, had it not taken place in a court of the occupation, in the ‘democracy’ imposed on 3.5 million Palestinian subjects, devoid of basic democratic liberties, would have been the trial of the Wall.” by Nir Hasson, February 18th A…