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Letter from Abdallah Abu Rahmah: « Missing the five-year anniversary of our struggle in Bil'in will be like missing the birthday of one of my children »
20/02/2010
This letter from Bil′in′s Abdallah Abu Rahmah was conveyed from his prison cell by his lawyer. Please circulate widely.
It has been two months now since I was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken from my home. Today news has reached Ofer Military Prison that the apartheid wall on Bil’in’s land will finally be moved and construction has begun on the new route. This will return half of the land that was stolen from our village. For those of us in Ofer, imprisoned for our protest against the wall, this victory makes the suffering of being here easier to bear. After actively resisting the theft of our land by the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements every week for five years now, we long to be standing along side our brothers and sisters to mark this victory and the fifth anniversary of our struggle.
Bil'in Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Popular Resistance
19/02/2010
Today, February 19th 2010, the village of Bil’in held a mass demonstration to commemorate the fifth anniversary of popular resistance against the Annexation Wall and the settlements. More than 3000 protesters attended today’s demonstration, of whom dozens suffered from tear gas suffocation and at least ten were directly injured.
Over a Thousand Demonstrators Marked Five Years of Struggle in Bil'in by Dismantling the Wall
19/02/2010
One week following the victory forcing Israel to begin rerouting the path of the Wall, and under the shadow of an unprecedented wave of repression against the popular struggle, over a thousand protesters took part in a demonstration at the west Bank village of Bil’in, marking five years of struggle there. At the height of the demonstration dozens of protesters stormed the Barrier, toppled some 40 meters of it and crossed to village’s lands. Protesters also managed to take over a military post adjacent to the path of the Wall for a short time.
Four Bil’in Residents Detained While Accessing Farmland
17/02/2010
At 11am Wednesday morning 2 jeeps and approximately 10 soldiers invaded Bil’in village. Witnesses reported that many young schoolgirls were coming home from their school day as soldiers surveyed the village. At one point, a sound bomb (stun grenade) and one tear gas canister were thrown on the street near the mosque, while soldiers attempted to stop a local cameraman from filming them.
Bil'in weekly demonstration reenacts the Avatar film
12/02/2010
The village of Bil’in reenacted James Cameron’s new film Avatar during today’s weekly demonstration. Five Palestinian, Israeli and international activists were painted blue, with pointy ears and tales, resembling the Avatar characters. Like Palestinians, the Avatars fight imperialism, although the colonizers have different origins. The Avatars’ presence in Bil’in today symbolizes the united resistance to imperialism of all kinds.
