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Bil'in villagers are being assaulted while attempting to prevent the placement of a new caravan on their land
01/01/2008
Source : ISM
Tonight settlers attempted to place a caravan outside of Modi’in Illit, on land belonging to the village of Bil’in. The settlers are calling it a synagogue to make it harder for the military to remove it.
Mohammed Khatib, Abdullah Abu Rahme, and Emad Bornat of Bil’in tried to prevent the placement of the caravan by lying underneath it. All three were captured by the settlers and badly beaten, Emad Bornat’s camera was destroyed.
Police have now arrived and all three have been taken to Sheik Zaid hospital in Ramallah. Emad Bornat was able to save the tape from the destroyed camera.
The police did not prevent the settlers from placing the illegal outpost on Bil’in’s land without a building permit.
Around 50 villagers from Bil’in are stuck at the gate to their land while soldiers prevent them from entering, and the soldiers are beginning to use force against them.
On the fourth of September, the Israeli Supreme court ordered the route of the wall to be changed in order to return more of the villagers’ agricultural land to the village.
This new outpost is an attempt by settlers to steal as much land from the villagers of Bil’in as possible.
For more information contact:
- Emad Bornat 0546518056
- Mohammed Khatib 0545927325
- Abdullah Abu Rahme 0547258210
- Attorney Michael Sfard 0544713930 or 035607345
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