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The fifth Bil'in International Conference on the Popular Struggle: Closing Statement
24/04/2010
During this fifth annual conference, we felt the absence of our friends who are prevented by the occupations cells and bars from joining us, imprisoned for struggling Non-Violently for our freedom, activists and leaders of the popular committees Abdullah Abu Rahmah, Ibrahim A’amirah, Adeeb Abu Rahmah, Hassan Moussa, Zaydoun Surour, Ibrahim Burnat, Wael Faqi and all political prisoners.
Serious Head Injury in Bil’in Today
23/04/2010
Today Bil’in closed their 5th annual international conference with a mass demonstration against the apartheid wall.
The protest was joined by the former vice president of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini; Mustafa Al Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and former presidential candidate and Hisham Abu Raya, a member of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The European Commissioner for peace in the Middle East, Mark Otti and an EU observer, Thierry Vallat attended the protest.
Report from Bil’in: ‘soldiers showed no discrimination with their firing, shooting directly at the faces of the protestors’
23/04/2010
Today’s demonstration marked the culminating event in the Fifth Bil’in International Conference for Palestinian Popular Resistance, which began on Wednesday, April 21 with a full line-up of speakers including politicians, leaders of Popular Committees, Israeli activists, and international solidarity activists. The conference continued through Thursday and Friday. After the final conference session on Friday morning, in which workshop groups reported on their conclusions in preparation for the conference statement, the conference participants gathered with scores of other Israeli, international, and Palestinians waiting at the mosque for the weekly demonstration.
The Villagers of Bil’in Commemorate the First Anniversary of the Murder of Bassem Abu Rahmah
16/04/2010
The Popular Committee of Bil’in organized a ceremony today to commemorate the death of Bassem Abu Rahmah, who was murdered last year when he was shot with a tear gas canister in the chest during one of the weekly protests.
Martin Luther King III visits Bil'in
14/04/2010
Today Martin Luther King III came to visit Bil’in, together with the Realizing the Dream, Inc. team. This international nonprofit organization is devoted to continuing the nonviolent work of Dr. King into the 21st century.
