Bil'in, a village of Palestine

Popular Committees to Launch a Documenting and Intervention Campaign Against Settler Attacks

17/09/2011

[Popular Struggle] The popular committees will inaugurate the Refusing to Die in Silence project to allow for quick intervention in cases of settler attacks on Palestinians.

In light of the recent augmentation in settler attacks on Palestinian body and property, the popular committees will initiate a volunteer-based campaign, in which several cars will patrol the West Bank to quickly respond to cases of settler attacks.

Hundreds March in Bil'in to Demand Statehood

09/09/2011

[Popular Struggle] Hundreds marched to demand the admission of Palestine as the 194th state to the United Nations and were attacked with tear-gas.

The popular committees against the wall and settlements confirms that next September is the immense popular battle for the recognition of the State of Palestine, number 194 at the UN

14/08/2011

The popular committees against the wall and settlements, in addition to the national committee for popular struggle and the popular struggle coordination committee, have discussed the issue regarding the intention of the Palestinian Authority to go the UN for the recognition of the Palestinian State.

All confirmed the right of the Palestinian people to have their state fully recognized with its capital Jerusalem through going to the UN, guaranteeing holding to the Palestinian fixed rights.

Bil'in - I love you

05/07/2011

[Chroniques de Palestine] It took me a few days but I wanted to write something more personal about what happened last week in Bil’in. For me, Bil’in is not just any village but one that had a big impact on my stay here and on my work. It was here that I started to go to demonstrations and learned about the popular resistance. It was also in Bil’in my photo collective group activestills originated and began to develop. What happened last week is just the newest chapter of something that started more than 6 years ago when the village began to demonstrate against the building of the Wall on its lands.

The Day of Victory: Bil'in Celebrates the Removal of the Wall

01/07/2011

[Bil’in FFJ] For the first time after nearly seven years of resistance and struggle by the residents of Bil’in, the people of the village and a large number of participants from neighboring villages could hold the Friday prayer on the land that has been retrieved 2 days ago.