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Bil'in resists the cancer of settlements and noxious gas
28/02/2009
[PNN] Pouring rain, high winds, flooding to the north in Tulkarem’s Qaffin, and the heavy presence of Israeli soldiers wielding machine guns did not stop the Bil’in nonviolent resistance this week or any other.
Photostory: Four Years Of Nonviolent Resistance
23/02/2009
[Palestine Monitor] Bil’in was just an ordinary Palestinian village until four years ago when the villagers decided to organize weekly nonviolent protests against the construction of the Apartheid Wall and the confiscation of their lands. Since then Bil’in has become a symbol of peaceful resistance - first in Palestine, and now across the whole world.
Four years to the Bil'in struggle - tear gas as usual
20/02/2009
[Gush Shalom] A government comes, a government goes – and the struggle continues. Four years of struggle and non-violent resistance, a struggle which made "Bil’in" into a household name in the Palestinian territories and also in Israel and around the world. An example from which other villagers have learned whose lands were also robbed. Small and big demonstrations, a weekly march to the Fence every Friday – in summer and winter, in scorching sunlight and under driving rain. An appeal to the Supreme Court, a verdict ruling that the Fence must be moved and much of the stolen land restored to the Bil’in villagers – followed by the civil and military authorities continually dragging their feet and trying in all possible ways to avoid carrying out the verdict. And in the past weeks the army intensified its raids. Nearly every night the jeeps are rampaging in the village streets, and shock grenades explode loudly on very late hours, and youths are arrested and dragged from their homes to the waiting police cars. And the struggle continues and continues and continues.
To Sue or Not? Palestinians Face Dilemma After Report On Settlements
18/02/2009
[Forward] On paper, it has never been easier for Palestinians whose land has been appropriated by Israeli settlements to have their day in court.
Classified government data on settlements, made public in late January, documents for the first time precisely where settlements and parts of settlements have been built in violation of Israel’s own laws. The data reveals that in more than 30 settlements, buildings — including homes, roads, schools, synagogues and police stations — have gone up on privately owned Palestinian land.
The Israeli army storms the village of Bil'in and attack two journalists
08/02/2009
[IMEMC] Israeli soldiers attack the village of Bil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday midnight.
