Press and independent media
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Palestinian mother tells of a family tragedy during protest against separation barrier
09/01/2011
[Guardian] Sitting on a bed in the family house, surrounded by posters that commemorate the death of her son, Subhaia Musa Abu Rahme laments her latest loss. Jawaher, her 35-year-old daughter, died on New Year’s Day after collapsing in her home village of Bil’in during a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier. Despite assurances to the contrary from the Israeli army, her family insist that she died after inhaling massive quantities of tear gas.
The IDF uses propaganda like an authoritarian regime
09/01/2011
[Ha’aretz] Instead of working toward revealing the truth behind the recent death of an anti-fence demonstrator the IDF is reaching into its bag of lies.
Jawaher Abu Ramah died young. She stood facing the demonstrators against the separation fence in her village, inhaled very large quantities of the gas that Israel Defense Forces soldiers fired that day, collapsed and died several hours later at a Ramallah hospital.
Bil'in: A village in mourning
07/01/2011
[AlJazeera] One West Bank family has paid the highest price for their village’s peaceful pursuit of justice.
People say that time heals, but the Abu Rahmah family feels as though it is living in a recurring nightmare from which there is no respite. Their nightmare is set in the West Bank village of Bil’in, which has been cut into pieces by Israel’s "separation" wall.
Israeli soldiers kill second member of Palestinian family
05/01/2011
[Palestine Monitor] Jawahur Abu Rahmah died on the first day of 2011 after suffering intense teargas inhalation at the end of year anti-wall protest in Bil’in. Her death leaves a hole in her family that will be hard to fill.
Officers criticize IDF analysis of Bilin protestor's death
04/01/2011
[Ynet] IDF officers say army rused to conclude Jawaher Abu Rahma didn’t die of tear gas inhalation, never attended Bilin anti-fence protest. ‘One must base claims on facts rather than assessments,’ one officer says
