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The Roadmap to Nowhere - An interview with Tanya Reinhart

02/10/2006

Your new book, Roadmap to Nowhere, covers the history of the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the last three years, a period dominated by Ariel Sharon’s leadership. You argue that during this period it became evident that in Israel, decisions are taken by the military, rather than the political echelons. Can you elaborate?

Army invades village of Bil'in, disrupting peaceful anti-Wall march

29/09/2006

Several hundred locals, Israelis, Palestinians and internationals, demonstrated against the Apartheid Wall Friday in the village of Bil’in, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Villagers from the West Bank village of Bil'in try to reclaim some of their land by building a hotel

25/09/2006

A group of Palestinian villagers are trying to reclaim some of their land stolen for the continued construction of settlements in the West Bank in an innovative way: by planning to build a Palestinian hotel in an Israeli settlement.

Weekly peaceful anti-wall protest in Bil'in attacked by Israeli military

22/09/2006

At the weekly anti-Wall protest in Bil’in village today, around 75 villagers, internationals and Israelis tried to march to the site of the illegal Wall construction on village land, but were stopped by soldiers at the edge of the village. As the demonstrators tried to march to the village’s olive groves, the soldiers started firing tear gas and rubber bullets, forcing the peaceful protesters back into the village.

Troops attack peaceful anti-wall protesters in Bil'in

16/09/2006

Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly peaceful protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, and injured nine protesters after hitting them with batons and firing rubber-coated bullets at them.