Press and independent media
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Planners okay large new West Bank housing plan
25/02/2007
The Supreme Planning Council for Judea and Samaria recently legalized the largest-ever illegal construction project in the West Bank. Part of the project is situated on private land, which belongs to Palestinian residents of the village of Bil’in.
Israel plans to construct 1500 settlement housing units on private Palestinian lands
25/02/2007
Israeli sources reported on Saturday night after midnight that the so-called Supreme Planning Council for settlements in the occupied West Bank, legalized recently what was described as the “largest-ever” illegal settlement construction on lands which belongs to residents of Bil’in village, near Ramallah in the northern part of the West Bank.
Israelis and Palestinians unite in protest at barrier
24/02/2007
It began as it has begun every week for the past two years. First flag waving, then chanting and marching along the high street of the West Bank village of Bil’in until the demonstrators, yesterday several hundred in number, reached the barrier.
16 activists hurt during clashes at anti-fence protest in Bil'in
24/02/2007
Some 16 people were lightly hurt on Friday at the anti-separation fence protest in the West Bank village of Bil’in, marking two years since the start of the weekly demonstrations.
West Bank town fights Israeli barrier
24/02/2007
BILIN, West Bank - Once a week, dozens of Israelis, Palestinians and foreign activists trudge to a small section of Israel’s West Bank security barrier in a joint protest initially aimed at preventing its construction and now trying to force its removal.
