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Bil'in night raid, the soldiers Attack three homes one of them Abdullah’s Abu Rahma home
21/09/2009
Israeli forces invaded Bil’in once again just before 1am. Six jeeps entered the village via the gate in the occupation wall. Two jeeps stopped at the house of Mohammed Ahmed Yasseen (age 21) and searched for him in the ground floor apartment belonging to his mother. Four jeeps stopped at Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Rahma’s (age 38), Coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, house and searched for him there. Two of these jeeps left quickly to search for Yasseen Mohammed Yasseen (age 21) at his home. None of the men were at home and no-one was arrested.
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, lead the Eid prayer in Bil'in
20/09/2009
Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad, and Dr. Khaled Fahad Al-Qawasmi, Minister of Local Government and Jamal Zakut adviser to the prime minister, led the Eid prayer in Bil’in mosque, and they visited the villagers, especially the family of the martyr Bassem Abu Rahma, the families of prisoners and the activists of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, and subsequently visited the tomb of the martyr Baseem Abu Rahma and put a wreath of flowers on it and read Al-Fatiha from the Holy Quran.
Dozens were suffocated by tear gas canisters at the weekly demonstration
18/09/2009
Dozens were suffocated with tear gas canisters at the weekly demonstration in Bil’in. As the people of Bil’in with international and Israeli peace activists participated in Bil’in’s weekly demonstration after Friday prayers today, although they have raised Palestinian flags and banners to mark the twenty-seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sabra and Shatila and they have raised other banners condemning the policy of incursions, arrests, land confiscation and settlement construction.
A Palestinian youth from Bil'in turned in at Ofer prison, interview with Sheikh Suleiman Yasseen Mohammed Burnat
17/09/2009
According to Sheikh Suleiman Yasseen Mohammed Burnat, the father of Hamaza Burnat (age 16), his house has been invaded at night five times so far within the past three months, usually around 3am.
Israeli forces raid Bil’in, beat Popular Committee member
16/09/2009
Shortly after 1:30am, Israeli forces invaded Bil’in again. They raided the house of Abdullah Mahmoud Aburahma , Coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, in an attempt to arrest him. However, he was not home at the time.
