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Four injured in Bil'in weekly demonstration
January 4, 2008
The inhabitants of Bil’in village, located near the central west bank city of Ramallah, conducted their weekly non violent demonstration against the illegal wall that is being constructed by Israel on the village land. They were joined by international and Israeli supporters.
Palestinians Beaten by Settlers and the Police Release the Suspects
January 3, 2008
The Peace Now Settlement Watch team has always reported from the Occupied Territories in order that Israeli citizens will be aware of what is being committed under their name and with their money. As in many cases the official requests for information from state bodies is not so forthcoming, so the Settlement Watch team is forced to travel through the areas in question to document by themselves any changing events. Occasionally threatening authority figures and violence by the settlers faces the team. The following reports reveal incidents faced by the Settlement Watch team.
Highway 443: Israel's forbidden road
January 2, 2008
It runs straight through the heart of the occupied West Bank, but Palestinians are not permitted even to set foot on the asphalt their ancestors laid. Donald Macintyre reports from Beit Sira
Settlers erect two caravans near Bil'in
January 1, 2008
Settlers from the Matityahu East neighborhood of Modi’in Illit broke through the perimeter fence surrounding their development and planted two mobile homes on land that residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of Bil’in claim is theirs, the spokesman for the Judea and Samaria police district said Tuesday.
Conference in Bethlehem in support of Nonviolent Resistance
December 28, 2007
At least five hundred Palestinians, joined by a number of International solidarity groups and some Israelis attended a conference in Bethlehem on Friday which was organized by the Palestinian National Initiative to support the popular nonviolent resistance against the Wall and the Israeli occupation.
