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TOGETHER WE CAN BREAK THE SIEGE OF GAZA ! 31/12/09 POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE WEST BANK
30/12/2009
The Popular Committees of the West Bank are calling for non-violent popular demonstrations through out the West Bank of Palestine on Thursday December 31st, 2009. This is the one-year anniversary of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead massacre on the people of Gaza, when 1400 people were killed and some 5000 were injured during the 22 day assault. These demonstrations are happening in solidarity with the marches in Gaza as well as numerous international actions.
Village Stormed and Two Boys Arrested
29/12/2009
At dawn today the Israeli occupation army raided the village of Bil’in. At 2am a military force composed of a number of military jeeps and approximately 50 soldiers on foot abducted Hamouda Imad Yassin (16) and Ibrahim Khalil Yassin (16).
Santa Claus and Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki suffer from Tear Gas inhalation in Bil’in protest
25/12/2009
On Friday, December 25, 2009 villagers of Bil’in attempted to march to their land stolen by the Apartheid Wall. Representatives of the the Fatah Party, including central committee member Abass Zaki, joined the march. Demonstrators dressed as Santa Claus carried a Christmas tree decorated with tear gas canisters and percussion grenades that were used by the military against the demonstrations.
Together, We Will Break The Siege of Gaza!
24/12/2009
International Call to Action from the Bilin Popular Committee
Egypt has announced that the Rafah border into Gaza will be closed over the coming weeks to the 1,300 international delegates attempting to march in solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine. A historic march will still take place on the anniversary of Israel’s horrific Cast Lead massacre that killed over 1,400 people one year ago. The powerful and diverse collaboration of international support must now choose its response to this horrific injustice. Will you stand waiting permission at the gates of Gaza?
Display of used tear gas canisters shot by the army earns Bil’in activist an arms charge in Israeli military court
23/12/2009
Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a school teacher and coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, was indicted in an Israeli military court yesterday. Abu Rahmah was slapped with an arms possession charge for collecting used tear gas canisters shot at demonstrators in Bil’in by the army and showcasing them in his home.
