Press and independent media
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Three years after the ICJ ruling and the wall is growing
09/07/2007
The cheers of the Palestinians on July 9, 2004, when the International Court of Justice ruled the Israeli wall in the West Bank illegal, were too optimistic.
Even though it was an advisory opinion, Palestinians were hopeful that this could be the first step towards an international move to tear the wall down and hold Israel accountable for its illegal actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Six injured at the Bil'in weekly protest
30/06/2007
Shortly after Friday prayers, the protestors moved towards the gate of the illegal Wall which farmers have to pass through to reach their land. Scores of soldiers blocked the way with razor wire and military barricades. As soon as demonstrators reached the main roadblock, they were fired upon with tear-gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets. The attack injured six protestors, among them two internationals.
In related news, an Israeli military court released Iyad Burnatt, the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Construction of the Wall and Settlements, after fining him 4000 NIS and barring him from visiting the site of the wall for 10 days, effective from as of Thursday.
Five injured at Bil'in demonstration
22/06/2007
As is the case each week, the people of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, joined by international and Israeli peace activists, conducted their weekly protest against the construction of the illegal wall that will cut the village from its rightfully-owned land.
Israeli army attacks non-violent protestors at Bil’in
08/06/2007
As with every week, local residents were joined a number of international activists in their demonstration, the main theme of which this week was to mark the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
We Deserve the British Academic Boycott!
04/06/2007
Last Friday morning I drove to the Palestinian village of Bil’in. Bil’in, the village that has turned into a symbol of the struggle against the Apartheid Wall and against the confiscation of Palestinian land by fraudulent Jewish real-estate sharks who hide behind fake patriotism. Bil’in, a Palestinian village geographically close to Tel Aviv and central Israel and to all the fake leftists who inhabit Tel Aviv’s coffee shops.
