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BIL'IN! BIL'IN!
September 8, 2007
WHEN MY friends fall prey to despair, I show them a piece of painted concrete, which I bought in Berlin.
It is one of the remnants of the Berlin wall, which are on sale in the city.
I tell them that I intend, when the time comes, to apply for a franchise to sell pieces of the Separation Wall.
Legal victory in struggle against wall
September 6, 2007
On Tuesday, the Israeli high court decided in favor of a petition drawn up by the Palestinian villagers of Bil’in in the occupied West Bank to change the current route of the illegal apartheid wall which encircles the small village. For years, residents of Bil’in, along with international and Israeli activists, have led nonviolent resistance actions every week against the encroaching wall and the illegal settlement colonies that expand on a daily basis on their land. Villagers and activists have been tear-gassed, shot at, arrested, and beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers during direct confrontations against the wall and the continued theft of Bil’in land, but the resistance presence has grown into what organizers and Palestinian leaders call a force to be reckoned with. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Palestinian legislator and secretary-general of Al Mubadara, the Palestinian National Initiative, stated that Tuesday’s court ruling was a direct result of the steadfast resistance movement in Bil’in.
Victory in Bil'in of David the Anarchist over Goliath the Settler
September 6, 2007
On the cover-page of Israel’s second largest daily, Maariv, was the following headline: "Bil’in Residents Have Won Against the IDF,” and the subtitle: "Three Years of Violent Demonstrations Led by Palestinians and the Far-Left [Israeli] Activists Have Paid: The Separation Fence Close to Bil’in will be Moved." In the inside story, the title is even more eloquent: "The Battle over the Fence: The State has Lost in Bil’in."
Rattling the Cage: The lesson of Bil'in
September 5, 2007
The last four years of Friday afternoon protests at the West Bank village of Bil’in have shown the Israeli occupation at its most robotically stupid, violent and unjust. The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday in favor of Bil’in and against the state showed Israel’s justice system at its fairest, wisest, bravest and most inspiring.
West Bank village hails victory
September 5, 2007
The Bilin Popular Committee meets on Wednesday night to plan the next step in a campaign that turned this Palestinian farming community into a symbol of unarmed resistance against the Israeli occupation.
