Bil'in, a village of Palestine

Toilet water – the new kind of weapon used against the people from Bil’in

08/08/2008

Today, the protesters succeeded to arrive at the location of the wall, and they repeated chants and slogans against the occupation soldiers and their officers that command them to shoot unarmed civilians. Soon after, confrontations started, the soldiers started firing tear gas, and sprayed us with toilet water. We would like to take a sample for analysis. Many people immediately had to be sick after being sprayed with this water. This is not the first time they use water, but this time was the first that they used water from the toilets. In addition to the water, the soldiers use many types of weapons on the Palestinians. For example they use many types of gas, many types of rubber bullets, clean water, water mixed with gas, scream, saltball, sackbeans. All of these are new weapons.

Ni'ilin: Youssef Amiereh's funeral attacked with teargas and rubber coated bullets

04/08/2008

Youssef Amireh, the second mortal victim of the military suppression of the Ni’ilin uprising, succumbed to his fatal wounds this morning after struggling for five days at the Ramallah hospital. A crowd of thousands attended his funeral. Amireh was shot in the head with two rubber bullets just hours after the funeral of ten year old Ahmed Moussa last Wednesday. Though Youssef was not taking part in the clashes that evolved after the funeral, he was shot from a distance of only a few meters from within an armored border police jeep. His wounds rendered him brain dead immediately.

The Supreme Court: The new barrier in Bil'in violates the Court ruling

03/08/2008

Following a two-hour hearing in front of Judges Beinish, Prokachya and Rivlin, the High Court of Justice concluded today that the new route of the barrier in Bil’in is in violation of the Court ruling released on September 2007. The Court ordered the State to present within 45 days a new route, which will uphold the principles of the ruling, and to allow the plaintiffs and the other sides to respond on the new route within 21 days afterwards. Another hearing will take place shortly afterwards.

One injured and dozens affected by tear gas at Bilin weekly non-violent protest against the apartheid wall

01/08/2008

Today on the 1st of August 2008 after the Friday Prayers, the inhabitants of Bil’in, Israeli, and international peace activists participated in a demonstration against the wall. They raised Palestinian flags and signs with slogans that condemn the policies of the occupation. The slogans condemned the construction of the wall, the confiscation of Palestinian lands for the construction of settlements, the road closures, and the seizure of Palestinian villages, towns, and cities. The protesters also carried signs with slogans against the killing of innocent civilians, especially children. In addition, the slogans condemned the attacks on detainees, in particular, shooting at them while detained, hand cuffed and blindfolded.

Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli army in Ni’lin

30/07/2008

A Palestinian teenager, thought to be aged 16 has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Nil’in.

According to ISM volunteers staying in the village, fighting broke out between an estimated 200 boys and young men and Israeli forces at about 5:30pm. The villagers had earlier built five barricades of rubble and stones blocking the main road into Nil’in. An Israeli excavator attempted to clear a path through the barricades but was driven back by a hail of stones.