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Israeli Forces Kill Popular Anti-Wall Protester
08/06/2009
[Palestine Monitor] It took a single shot from an Israeli sniper to kill Yousef “Aqel” Sadeq Srour.
A popular community leader in Ni’lin, Yousef’s only crime was to demand what was rightfully his. Last Friday the father of three became the fifth person to be killed during non-violent demonstrations against the Israeli Apartheid Wall in the West Bank village.
Ni'lin : Yousef Sadeq Srour 'Aqel' martyred
05/06/2009
Today, Yousef Sadeq Srour, also known as ‘Aqel’, was killed by the Israeli army during a weekly non violent demonstration in the village of Ni’lin.
Around 2 pm this afternoon, a 16 year old boy was also shot with live ammunition, in the fields next the villages houses. Yousef was at the scene and tried to carry the boy who was critically injured and on the ground. When he picked him, the Israeli army shot Yousef in the chest with a .22 bullet. He and the boy were both transferred to the hospital, but it was too late for Yousef. The boy is currently in critical condition.
Montreal firms building settlements in West Bank want civil suit dismissed
04/06/2009
[The Canadian Press] A lawyer for Montreal developers being sued under Canadian war-crimes legislation will attempt to get the case dismissed when it goes before a Quebec court later this month.
Seeking a settlement on settlements: Palestinian village takes its fight against the Israeli occupation to Canadian courts and Canadian Public
04/06/2009
[Vue Weekly] In a somewhat stunning reminder of the way the globalization of commerce has connected the whole world in recent decades, two Canadian companies are being accused of war crimes and are being sued in Canada by the village of Bil’in, located in Palestine’s occupied West Bank.
Palestinian village sends pair to sue Quebec companies
02/06/2009
[CBC] Two representatives of a small West Bank Palestinian village will tour Canada this month, as they prepare a lawsuit against two Quebec-based companies for allegedly violating international law by building Israeli settlements on occupied territory.
