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Bil'in and the next Intifada
August 12, 2007
The violent and disproportionate response of the ‘security’ forces to the struggle against the separation wall in Bil’in, a struggle that is characterized by cooperation and non-violence, proves that they fear non-violent resistance, and even see in it a real danger to the continuation of their absolute control over the territories of Palestine. The establishment that enforces the occupation, from stool-pigeons and informers, to collaborators and the General Security Service (Shabak), to the Border Guards and the IDF - is an establishment that is nourished by violence. Violence is the oxygen that gives life to this inhumane establishment and therefore the threat of non-violent struggle scares it. While resistance of a violent nature strengthens and solidifies it, non-violent struggle has the potential to cut the establishment off from its source of oxygen and to subdue it forever. It is Bil’in that has raised the banner of non-violent struggle against the occupation and we would do well to keep in mind the firm resolve with which the people of Bil’in adhere to the principle of non-violence.
Op-Ed: Settlements a risky investment
August 10, 2007
Legally questionable land purchases have played a role in bringing one of Israel’s largest contractors and one of the chief builders of West Bank settlements to the brink of bankruptcy, says the spokesman for Americans for Peace Now.
People against division
August 9, 2007
It is 2pm on Friday following the afternoon prayer — and men, women and children from the West Bank village of Bil’in West Bank/Occupied East Jerusalem converge on the town centre. Just as they have every week for the last two and a half years, the people of the village, along with foreign nationals, including Israelis, begin their march towards the Wall — being built by Israel in the West Bank — to protest the annexation of 60 per cent of Bil’in’s land.
Army bars children from flying their kites in Bil’in village
August 6, 2007
Israeli soldiers chased on Monday several Palestinian children of Bil’in village, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, from flying their kites during a summer festival for children in the village. Soldiers fired gas bombs and dozens of children were treated for gas inhalation, the Arabs48 news website reported.
Peace Now blamed for Heftsiba fall
August 6, 2007
Attorney Michael Sfard warned on Sunday he would file contempt-of-court charges against purchasers of apartments under construction in Modi’in Illit by the Heftsiba Company who forcibly entered the units last weekend.
Heftsiba is reportedly bankrupt, and the buyers fear losing what they paid for the apartments.
Sfard represents Palestinian residents of Bil’in and Peace Now in a series of four related petitions involving the construction of the Matityahu East neighborhood in the mainly haredi town of Modi’in Illit.
