Bil’in solidarity rally
09/08/2009
source : Tadamon
A protest in solidarity with Bil’in, Palestine took to the street in downtown Montreal on Friday, August 7th, to denounce the ongoing night-time raids on Bil’in and string of arrests by the Israeli military targeting Palestinian community activists. Israeli military forces have been launching night incursions into the village throughout recent weeks and targeting the homes of members of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
Mohammad Khatib a key Palestinian community activist in Bil’in was arrested on Monday, August 3rd, only weeks after Khatib toured 11 cities in Canada to educate people across Canada on Bil’in’s popular struggle against Israel’s apartheid wall. Israel’s wall annexes more than fifty percent of Bil’in’s land. Mohammad Khatib also participated court proceedings for a groundbreaking lawsuit launched by Bil’in village against two Montreal based companies currently constructing Israeli-only settlements on Palestinian lands in Bil’in, a mainly agricultural village in the West Bank.
