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Bil’in Village, Palestinian non-violent resistance
27/07/2009
[Jews For Justice For Palestinians] The non-violent resistance in Bil’in to the confiscation of its lands by the building of the wall has been going on for over three years now. The Israeli army is meeting this resistance with increased violence, repression and illegal arrests.
Our IDF
06/07/2009
[Ha’aretz] Combat is the best, my brother, as the famous bumper sticker reads. It’s a good thing we have Shayetet 13. Operating at the crack of dawn - or was it before nightfall? - the daring naval commandos fearlessly took control of a rusty, rickety, unarmed boat bobbing in the middle of the sea. That’s exactly why we have a naval commando force - to take control of ships offering humanitarian aid. Behold, the guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. The military correspondents reported on the incident with an amazement that only they can muster. But even they could not provide a fig leaf for the operation: The Israel Defense Forces has once again used its power to overcome the weak; the navy has once again acted like pirates. The Arion was abducted in the framework of protecting Israel’s security for all eternity, blah, blah, blah.
Naomi Klein in Bil'in: Boycott Israel
26/06/2009
[Ma’an] Canadian author Naomi Klein called for an international boycott of Israel during a visit to the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday, where she also attended a weekly demonstration against Israel’s separation wall.
Corporations on Trial
21/05/2009
[Al Jazeera] In a special five-part series People & Power charts the rapidly growing number of lawsuits being brought against multi-national corporations.
Around the world, ordinary people are asking how many more times their interests should be sacrificed for corporate greed and shareholder profit.
The death of Bassem Abu Rahme or How Israel kills at will and in total impunity while the world asks the Palestinians for non-violent resistance
21/04/2009
On April the 17th, like any Fridays afternoon for the last 4 years, the small village of Bil’in, north of Ramallah, was preparing for the usual demonstration against Israel’s annexation wall (some people call it apartheid wall or separation wall. The Israeli government refers to it as the security fence).
