Bil'in, a village of Palestine

Israeli soldiers detain former European Parliament Vice President in Bil’in

23/07/2010

Israeli soldiers detained the former Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini, in Bil’in this afternoon, injured one Israeli activist and arrested another.

Sixty nine-year-old Morgantini, an Italian Member of the Euopean Parliament (MEP) has long been an outspoken supporter of Palestinians. She has participated several times in demonstrations in Bil’in and in June 2008 was injured when Israeli soldiers attacked a group of non-violent activists.

Criminalization of popular struggle continues: Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced

21/07/2010

Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s first trial from 2005 had reached conclusion yesterday, with his sentencing to two months of imprisonment and a six months suspended sentence for participating and organizing demonstrations and for walking the streets of his village during a curfew designed to prevent a demonstration. A verdict in Abu Rahmah’s main case for which he is already in jail since December is expected soon.

The resistance continues in protests across Palestine

19/07/2010

On July the 16th around 200 people participated in the weekly demonstration against the wall in Bil’in – many of them where internationals. Huge amounts of tear gas was fired – unnecessarily – at the demonstrators and two people were injured.

West Bank protests mark 6th anniversary of ICJ’s ruling on Israel’s illegal Apartheid Wall

10/07/2010

Al-Ma’sara: tearing down the wall
Bil’in: the scales of justice
An Nabi Saleh: the struggle continues
Ni’lin: army repression fails to deter protest

Bil'in Leader to Remain in Prison Despite Having Served His Sentence

08/07/2010

Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a protest leader from Bil’in, was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, for his involvement in organizing demonstrations. Despite already having served the sentence in full, he is to remain in prison until a decision will be given in the prosecution’s appeal.