Tag: Demonstration

  • Two injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation during the Bil’in weekly protest

    Bil’in Popular Committee 4 September 2009 Despite the hot summer and the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a protest joined by internationals and Israeli peace activists marched from Bili’n after the Friday prayer. The protesters chanted and called for the end of the occupation, settlement building and the release of Palestinian detainees. Today…

  • Israeli forces shoot 2 cameramen with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin

    For Immediate Release: 5pm, 4 September 2009: Israeli forces shoot Israeli and Palestinian demonstrator with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Palestinian residents, alongside Israeli and international supporters, have been demonstrating today since 12:30pm. Around 4pm, eyewitnesses reported that the Army began to shoot live ammunition towards demonstrators. David Reeb, an Israeli…

  • Back to Warsaw 1968

    Michael Sfard | Ha’aretz 3 September 2009 When my father was 21, he was arrested. Secret service agents tailed him everywhere for a few weeks, and the stress over whether and when he’d be shackled ate at him. Above all, it killed his aged parents. Many members of the student union were arrested with him.…

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in, arrest one

    1 September 2009 Shortly after 3am, Bil’in was invaded again. 4 Jeeps and a military truck entered the village with over 50 soldiers. The Israeli occupation forces raided three homes simultaneously and arrested Abed Baset Mohammed Abu Rahme (age 19). In the second house, they tried to arrest Yaseen Mohammed Ali Yaseen (21), but he…

  • Support Bil’in amidst the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign

    Support Bil’in’s struggle “Just as a simple man named Ghandi led the successful non-violent struggle in India and simple people such as Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela led the struggle for civil rights in the United States, simple people here in Bil’in are leading a non-violent struggle that will bring them their freedom. The South…