Press and independent media
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Israeli attacks costs translator an eye
22/02/2008
A Japanese translator who was shot in the eye last month during a demonstration against Israel’s construction of a West Bank separation barrier said on Friday he may permanently lose his sight.
If the land isn't private?
20/02/2008
Not long ago the greengrocer in Ramallah recalled - between weighing locally grown zucchini and stripped hyssop leaves - that his family owns the land on which the gas station at the old entrance to the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the West Bank is located. He would not be surprised by the figure that the Peace Now movement has succeeded in officially extracting from the defense establishment, after more than a year of fighting for the freedom of information: About one-third of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank (44 out of 120) were built on privately owned Palestinian land that was seized, by means of confiscation orders, for "security needs."
One Palestinian journalist injured by army fire in Bil'in weekly protest
15/02/2008
The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land. Israeli troops attacked the protest and injured one journalist.
One Palestinian teen injured in weekly Bil'in protest
08/02/2008
Accompanied by international and Israeli supporters, the villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land.
Spirit of resistance lives on in Bil'in despite Israeli attacks
01/02/2008
Three citizens were injured during a weekly demonstration in Bil’in. This Friday’s was organized in honor of the spirit of George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Bil’in residents have actively resistance the Israeli Wall and settlement expansion for years.
