Testimonies

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29/08/2009: Night raid in Bil'in

29/08/2009

Around 3:30 am, the Israeli occupation forces invaded Bil’in once again arresting 2 Palestinians. Two houses were raided simultaneously by at least 40 soldiers. In the first house, Ashraf Mohammad Jamal Tofik Al-Khatib (age 29) was arrested. In the second house, they arrested Hamru Hisham Bornat (age 24).

Three Injured and Dozens were suffocated with gas at Bili’n’s weekly demonstration

28/08/2009

Three injured and dozens were suffocated with tear gas during their participation at Bili’n weekly demonstration against the apartheid wall and the construction of settlements on Bili’n lands.

The “Elders”, Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu visit the Apartheid wall in Bil’in

27/08/2009

Bil’in village, West Bank: Former US president Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa visited the site of the Apartheid Wall on the land of the village of Bil’in.

New concrete wall in Ni’lin prompts fierce resistance

23/08/2009

[Stop the Wall] The regular march to the confiscated land in the village of Ni’lin was different this week, as Occupation forces have begun building a concrete wall in front of the fences and military road. The march started after the farmers finished praying in an area near the stolen lands. More than 150 people protested on Friday, with international and Israeli activists supporting the people from Ni’lin.

23 August 2009: Mohammad Abu Rahma, a member of Bil’in’s Popuar Committee, has been released from Israeli prison on a 5,000 NIS bail

23/08/2009

Abdallah Abu Rahme, coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee, stated, “The ongoing arrests are meant to create pressure for us to stop our non-violent resistance. The Israeli authorities are putting conditions on our leaders and forcing us to pay thousands of sheckels. But we cannot and will not stop protesting against the theft of our land.”