Bil'in, a village of Palestine

Bil’in: Conviction And Tears

28/08/2010

[Palestine Monitor] The weekly protest march at the village of Bil’in ended in Israeli Occupation Forces storming the crowd, hitting three activists with tear gas grenades, and shooting a man in the knee with a rubber-coated bullet from less than thirty yards away.

Ashraf Khatib was rushed from the field to the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah, according to the Bil’in local popular committee.

Criminalizing Peaceful Protest: Act Up for Abdallah Abu Rahmah

24/08/2010

Earlier today, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee, was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal marches by an Israeli military court. The conviction concluded an eight months long political show trial, during which he was kept behind bars. Help us work for his release.

Persecuted for his key role in organizing the successful grassroots campaign against the wall and Jewish-only settlement on Bil’in’s land, Abdallah was convicted based only on the forced testimonies of minors who were arrested from their beds at the middle of the night. not a single material evidence was presented during the entire trial.

Bil'in's Abdallah Abu Rahmah Cleared of Stone-Throwing: Convicted of Incitement

24/08/2010

Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rhamah from Bil’in was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations today, after an eight months long military trial, during which he was kept behind bars. He was acquitted of a stone-throwing charge and a vindictive arms-possession charge.

Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: more arrests at weekly demonstrations

23/08/2010

The weekly demonstration in the village of Bil’in this week saw protesters draw attention to the recently published photos of the abuse of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli army. A handful of the protesters blindfolded and handcuffed themselves to draw attention to the mistreatment of prisoners and marched at the front of the demonstration. Two arrests were made, including one of these protesters, a Norwegian student, who was grabbed while still blindfolded and dragged away.

Bil’in: 3 injured in weekly protest held in defense of Jerusalem

06/08/2010

Today three protesters were injured and dozens suffered from breathing problems after inhaling tear gas during the clashes in the village of Bil’in. The clashes erupted as the Israeli occupation violently responded to the village’s weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall and settlements.

A delegation of participants in the 17th International Festival of Farkha, composed of youth from the West Bank and Palestine ‘48, joined the residents of Bil’in in the demonstration, which was organized by the Popular Committee against Wall and the settlements. Numerous youth from the development association ash-Sharaka, based in Morocco and the West Bank, as well as dozens of international supporters, also participated in the protest.