Testimonies

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Ni'lin : Yousef Sadeq Srour 'Aqel' martyred

05/06/2009

Today, Yousef Sadeq Srour, also known as ‘Aqel’, was killed by the Israeli army during a weekly non violent demonstration in the village of Ni’lin.

Around 2 pm this afternoon, a 16 year old boy was also shot with live ammunition, in the fields next the villages houses. Yousef was at the scene and tried to carry the boy who was critically injured and on the ground. When he picked him, the Israeli army shot Yousef in the chest with a .22 bullet. He and the boy were both transferred to the hospital, but it was too late for Yousef. The boy is currently in critical condition.

The military attack Bil’in weekly protest injuring five civilians

05/06/2009

Five protesters were injured and dozens surfed from gas inhalation when Israeli troops attack the weekly protest in Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday.

Two injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation in Bil’in protest

04/06/2009

Thousands of people from all over the West Bank arrived this morning to the village of Bil’in to participate in the festival of resistance against settlements which was organized by the popular campaign of resistance against the wall and settlements, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture.

Three injured and tens of cases of gas suffocation at Bil'in Demonstration in the fortieth anniversary of the martyrdom of Bassem Abu Rahma

29/05/2009

After Friday prayers, the people began the weekly demonstration at Bil ‘in, in which a group of international, Palestinian and Israelis from peace and anti-occupation movements gather to resist the building of the wall around the village in order to regain land that was taken in 2004. This Friday, demonstrators marched through the village towards the wall waving Palestinian flags, chanting anti-Zionist slogans demanding the cessation of the occupation and return of their land, and refusing the Israeli racist policy against our People in the occupied Palestine. The protesters commemorated the martyr Bassem Abu Rahma and they were carrying metal shields, with his pictures, in order to protect themselves and others from Israeli fire. They also wear masks designed specially for Bassem, expressing his existence in all the demonstrations, and they are all Bassem.

Three Injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation

22/05/2009

Residents of Bil’in marched today after the Friday prayer in a protest joined by international and Israelis activists. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and posters of the martyr, Bassem Abu Rahmah and metal shields to protect them from rubber bullets and bombs, labeled with a picture of the martyr Abu Rahma and also raised slogans condemning the Zionist occupation, chanting slogans demanding the expulsion of the occupation of the territory of their village and return the land seized from them.