Press and independent media
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Israeli soldiers go unprosecuted
21/10/2009
[Ma’an] News of the recent arrest of an Israeli soldier accused of beating Mohammaed Khatib, secretary of the Bil’in Village Council and a prominent member of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was met with little enthusiasm in the Palestinian community.
Bil'in villagers appeal Canadian court
21/10/2009
[Jerusalem Post] Farmers from Bil’in, 12 km. west of Ramallah, are continuing their efforts in Canada to obtain a court order instructing two building companies registered and domiciled in Quebec to stop all apartment construction on land they maintain belongs to them, a Toronto lawyer representing them said on Tuesday by conference call during a press conference in Jerusalem.
Believing in the nonviolent struggle
19/10/2009
[Electronic Intifada] My name is Ahmed A. Khatib, I am 32 years old, and married with four children. I live in the village of Bilin, where I work on our family’s farm.
When Israel started building the wall here in 2005, I was working with the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades military, the armed wing of the Fatah party. But at first, the villagers went to our land not to "resist," but simply to see what the Israeli soldiers were doing. There was no planning, no such things as "demonstrations," and no organization. We were just curious as to why these strangers were stealing our olive groves. So, in effect, our popular struggle was initiated through ordinary people walking to their land.
Border Control / High court, shmigh court
13/10/2009
[Ha’aretz] So what if the Supreme Court rules? In Israel those decisions are just recommendations, especially if they deal with Palestinian land In most enlightened democratic countries, saying that decisions of the courts obligate the state authorities is like stating that the sun rises in the east. But that may not be so for Israel.
West Bank village holds Israeli ordnance cleanup
10/10/2009
[Ma’an News] Local residents and international solidarity activists helped the central West Bank village of Bil’in clean up several months worth of spent tear-gas canisters on Friday afternoon.
