Tag: Budrus

  • Budrus continues its nonviolent resistance

    Budrus Village in the West Bank has a long history of nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation and to the construction of the Apartheid Wall on its land. This video was made by Israeli activists. It documents a typical nonviolent demonstration and the violent response from Israeli soldiers.

  • Letter From Budrus

    By Mark Sorkin Originally published in The Nation The van drops us off at the top of a hill and rattles around the bend. It is the middle of the afternoon in Budrus, a tiny village in the occupied West Bank ten miles northwest of Ramallah, and the neighborhood seems deceptively quiet. A few boys…

  • Budrus Has A Hammer

    By Kobi Snitz Originally published in Zmag Last afternoon, the Israeli army invaded the village of Budrus during the course of a wedding at which most of the village was present. Many shots were fired, three injuries were suffered and one youth was arrested. Concerned for their friend, a group of people left the village…