Press and independent media

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“Our Peaceful Towns Should No Longer Be The Graveyard Of Our Youth”

17/04/2009

[Palestine Monitor] This afternoon the Israeli army killed Basem Abu Rahma, 25, in the village of Bi’lin, West of Ramallah. Abu Rahma was , hit by a high velocity gas canister in his chest, during a peaceful demonstration aginst the Wall Israel is building around the village.

Palestinian killed in Bilin protest

17/04/2009

[Ynet] Local demonstrator seriously injured by tear gas canister hit to his chest during anti-fence rally, dies of wounds shortly after reaching hospital. IDF says protest was violent. Demonstrators: We’re like sitting ducks; soldiers fire at anything that moves; army, PA investigating.

Meet Bil'in: A Village Dedicated To Stopping The Wall

14/03/2009

[Palestine Monitor] A collection of interviews from one of Palestine´s most famous sites of popular resistance.

Protest against settler burning of Qur'an, Peace Center

06/03/2009

[Ma’an News] Three Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets during the weekly protest against the wall in Bil’in Friday.

This week’s protest also called for Israeli accountability in the defacement and destruction of the Bil’in Center for Peace, located on village lands on the western side of the wall.

Settlers burn Bil'in's Center for Peace

03/03/2009

[PNN] During the night a group of Israeli settlers broke into Bil’in’s Center for Peace. It is a room kept by residents to ensure Palestinian presence on the land on the “other side of the Wall” despite harassment by settlers and soldiers.