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Two injured and three arrested during Bil'in weekly demonstration
28/05/2010
After the Friday prayer, dozens of Israeli, international, and Palestinian demonstrators marched toward the site of the Separation Wall. Upon reaching the gate, the Israeli army responded almost immediately by firing tear gas canisters directly into the crowd. They also fired sound bombs and rubber bullets at the demonstrators. Two were injured as a result: Mustafa al-Khateeb of Bil’in was skimmed on his side by a bullet, and 28-year-old Israeli photographer Edo was injured on his left leg. They were treated on the spot.
Israeli army invaded the village of Bil'in again
27/05/2010
Today, May 27, 2010 at noon the Israeli army invaded the village of Bil’in again. A woman was heard shouting, "Soldiers are taking my sons!". A villager went to her house and saw 10 soldiers walking in the field with two of her sons they were detaining. They were Ramsy Mohammed Ali Yasseen (24 years old) and Abdullah Mohammed Ali Yasseen (17 years old). Shortly after a verbal intervention between this villager and the soldiers in the open field, they released the older brother Ramsy Mohammed Ali Yasseen, but arrested Abdullah Mohammed Ali Yasseen, blindfolded and handcuffed him and took him away to an unknown location. Their home is situated close to the Apartheid Wall and is being raided on a regular basis. A couple of months ago, another brother had been arrested and released after two weeks in prison. Simultaneously, one Jeep was seen in another part of the village at the time when all the children had finished school and were walking home.
Disabled Palestinian child injured during Bil'in weekly demonstration
21/05/2010
A disabled child were injured and three Israeli activists arrested today, And dozens of cases of suffocation as a result of inhaling the tear gas fired by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the village of Bil’in, today along with internationals and Israiles activists people from the village run the weekly march against the wall and settlements in the 62 anniversary of the Nakba.
Two protestors injured and journalist arrested on the anniversary of the Nakba
15/05/2010
Two demonstrators were severely injured and several others suffered from breathing problems due to tear gas and a camera man from the Arab news channel, Al-Arabiya, was arrested in the weekly march against the Apartheid Wall in the village of Bil’in. This highlights the continued violent response by the Israeli military to prevent the people of Bil’in from exercising their right to protest against a Wall which has been deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice.
At this week’s march, people at the front of the march, were carryied a five meter long key as a banner, representing the Palestinian right of return, while three people from the village dressed up as ‘Handala’, a little boy which appears in all drawings of Naji al-Ali, the famous Palestinian cartoonist who was assassinated in 1987.
Popular committees decry the unjust persecution of leaders of the popular resistance
11/05/2010
The popular committees in Palestine decry the unjust persecution of leaders of the popular resistance in Palestine. In particular, we strongly condemn the Israeli Shin Bet for denying Mr. Iyad Burnat to leave Palestine. Eyad is the head of the local Popular Committee to Resist the Settlements and Apartheid Wall in Bilin. He was invited for a speaking tour in Italy and Switzerland on the topic Palestinian nonviolent resistance. His hosts including the mayer of Geneva (Remy Pigany) and organizers of the Peace march in Italy were dismayed when informed that the Israeli authorities refused to let Mr. Burnat cross the bridge to Jordan on 1 May 2010.
