Press and independent media
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Soldier arrested for beating Bil'in man
08/10/2009
[Ha’aretz] An Israel Defense Forces soldier was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of beating a Palestinian resident during a nighttime raid in the West Bank village of Bil’in, Israeli activists against the separation fence said.
Soldier suspected of assaulting Palestinian
07/10/2009
[Ynet] Yesh Din rights group files complaint against solider stationed in Ramallah-adjacent village of Bil’in for allegedly attacking local councilman.
Night raids in Bilin target activists
29/09/2009
[Electronic Intifada] For the last three months, residents of the West Bank village of Bilin have been subjected to constant night raids by the Israeli military. The raids are in retaliation for their five-year campaign of nonviolent resistance against Israel’s wall, which is being constructed on the village’s land. The Israeli authorities have arrested members of the Bilin Popular Committee as well as teenagers and young boys from the village in order to obtain forced confessions against committee members. The home of Abdullah Abu Rahme, the Bilin Popular Committee’s Media Coordinator, was raided on 16 September 2009. The following is his account of the raid as told to The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre.
On Palestinian Civil Disobedience
28/09/2009
[Dissident Voice] Sometime in 1846, Henry David Thoreau spent a night in jail because he refused to pay his taxes. This was his way of opposing the Mexican-American War as well as the institution of slavery. A few years later he published the essay “Civil Disobedience,” which has since been read by millions of people, including many Israelis and Palestinians.
Arrest of Palestinian children on the rise
25/09/2009
[Electronic Intifada] Defence for Children International- Palestine Section (DCI) has released a statement that the number of children detained in Israeli jails and temporary Israeli army detention centers this year has risen by 17.5 percent compared with 2008.
