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Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mandela join Bil'in residents in their creative action against the Wall and settlements
05/03/2010
During this week’s demonstration in Bil’in, protestors dressed up in masks representing Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela to commemorate their nonviolent creativity against occupation, oppression and colonialism. The struggles of Gandhi against oppression and occupation in India, Martin Luther King Jr. against racism in the USA and Mandela against the apartheid in South Africa are all similar to Bili’n’s ongoing struggle against occupation here.
Wanted: Israeli army commander of Bil’in area, Palestine
26/02/2010
Palestinian, Israeli, and International activists demonstrated against the apartheid wall and settlements in Bil’in village west of Ramallah. Despite rain and harsh winds demonstrators marched to the wall and were immediately met with tear gas from the Israeli military as they are each week Friday. Soldiers fired heavy aluminum tear gas canisters into the crowd, and veteran activists commented on the extra strength of the gas today. People attempted to distribute “wanted signs” with the face of the local army commander to the soldiers positioned on the other side of the fence.
Bil'in Cultivates Land By the Wall : Existence as Resistance
22/02/2010
At 9:30am residents of Bil’in village, Palestinian political representatives, and International activists gathered in Bil’in to plant olive trees and almond seeds for 20 farmers who own land besides Israel’s Apartheid Wall. Approximately 200 trees were planted as part of the ongoing popular resistance to the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements. Bil’in has organized weekly and sometimes daily actions against the wall for the past five years, gaining international attention for the struggle and becoming a symbol for nonviolent, creative, popular struggle around the West Bank of Palestine.
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.
