Activities & Support
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Thursday, 4 June 2009 at 11am: The Popular Committees, along with the Ministry of Agriculture, call for a demonstration against the construction of Settlements and the Apartheid Wall
04/06/2009
Palestinian residents hope to protest on Thursday to bring their issue to the attention of Obama, as he delivers a speech in Egypt to connect with the Arab world. The Popular Committees Against the Wall and Settlements and the Ministry of Agriculture call on Obama to pressure Israel to adhere to the international laws and end the illegal construction of the Apartheid Wall and settlements that further annex Palestinian land. The Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, will be in attendance.
« Bil'in Habibti » (Bil'in my love): benefit film screening (Montreal)
25/05/2009
A benefit film screening to raise funds for the upcoming cross-Canada tour from Palestinian activists from Bil’in to mobilize support for the ongoing village protests against Israel’s apartheid wall.
THURSDAY MAY 28th 20h00
suggested donation: $5-10
Bar Populaire
6584 blvd St. Laurent
(metro Beaubien)
Bil’in Habibti won the Wolgin Award for Full-length Documentary Film at The Jerusalem International Film Festival 2006 and received an honorable mention for - « Movies That Matter Award » at Rotterdam Film Festival 2007.
Canadian Tour : appeal for help on an upcoming tour of Mohammed Khatib, member of Bil'in Popular Committee
09/04/2009
Bi’lin committee needs help organizing its Canadian speaking tour from June 1st – June 21st 2009. The speaking tour will present both Bil’in village’s ongoing struggle to save it’s land from annexation and the legal case raised by the village against Green Park Int and continued Israeli settlement expansion in Canada. The speakers will be Mohammad Khatib of the Bilin popular committee against the Wall and settlements, a representative of the office of attorney Michael Sfard as well as Attorney Mark Arnold of Montreal who are representing Bil’in in their case against Canadian companies building illegal settlements on their land.
Support Bil’in’s historic court case
03/03/2009
Bil’in is calling on supporters from all over the world to join them in solidarity actions during the court case in Canada. The village also needs your help setting up and financing a legal fund to fight the court case, which currently is in need of approximately $50,000.
Fourth Bil'in conference on grassroots popular resistance in April 2009
02/02/2009
In the wake of the Israeli atrocities in Gaza it is vital that we continue to resist against the Israeli occupation. This February has marked the fourth anniversary of the weekly non-violent protests against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in.
Bil’in has become a symbol both of the theft of land across Palestine and of the power of non-violent grassroots movements in building local and international resistance to Occupation.
We invite you to participate in the fourth Bil’in conference on grassroots popular resistance in April 2009.
