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Bilin's next battle: Settlement
28/06/2011
[Ynet] Following the IDF’s dismantling of a separation fence running through Bilin, residents of the West Bank village have decided to adopt a new battle.
Israel reroutes West Bank barrier at Bilin
26/06/2011
[Al Jazeera] Israel’s army has begun dismantling a section of the West Bank separation barrier near the village of Bilin, four years after the Israeli Supreme Court ordered them to do so.
Israel continues dismantling West Bank barrier after 4-year delay
26/06/2011
[Ha’aretz] Israel continued repositioning part of its contested barrier in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, four years after a court ruled it should be re-routed to give Palestinians greater access to farmland.
Among tear gas and injuries, Bil’in celebrates victory
25/06/2011
[972 Mag] It was a hot Friday in Bil’in – one of those early summer days here that remind you what to expect come August. The crowd at the village’s center was unusually large: The weekly march to the fence—a protest which made this village an international symbol of unarmed resistance—was to take the form of a celebration, after the Israeli army has began moving the infamous barrier that separated Bil’in’s people from their land.
With a Bit of Land Restored, Villagers End Campaign
24/06/2011
[New York Times] Residents of this tiny Palestinian village, along with Israeli and foreign supporters, on Friday held what organizers billed as the last of their trademark weekly demonstrations against the Bilin section of Israel’s West Bank barrier. It was a milestone that illustrated both the success of the unarmed popular movement that was born here, and its limitations.
