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Seven people injured in Bil’in weekly protest
31/10/2008
For the past four years, the village of Bil’in has been protesting against the wall and settlement building. Today, another protest marched after the Friday prayer joined by international and Israeli activists. The protest marked the 52nd anniversary of the massacre of Kifr Qasem and 91st of the Balfour Agreement. The protesters condemned these events and the Israeli occupation police. They also held the world, especially the US and Britain, accountable for the conditions that Palestinians live in and for their support of Israel in their colonialist plans in Palestine. The protesters raised the Palestinian flag and banners calling to end the Israeli occupation, stop settlement building, bombing civilian areas and assaulting Palestinian detainees.
Dozens of people suffer from teargas inhalation
24/10/2008
A delegation of journalists and students from Belgium, Students For a Just Peace in the Middle East, joined the demonstration in solidarity with the village in their struggle against the Wall and settlement building. Another group from the Ireland Solidarity Movement with the Palestinian People joined in addition to this group, as well as groups from England and Denmark. Palestinian flags and banners were raised calling to remove the illegal wall and settlements, stop land confiscation, remove checkpoints and road blocks, the release of all of the Palestinian detainees and the halt of all the settlers’ violence against farmers during the olive harvest.
Dozens of people injured by smelling teargas
17/10/2008
After the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in gathered in a protest along with Israeli and international activists. A group from France called French people to support Palestinian People and another group from Norway joined the demonstration in solidarity with the village in their struggle against the Wall and settlement building. The protesters raised Palestinian flags and banners to allow Palestinian farmers to pick olive trees from their land. The protest called to remove the illegal wall and settlements, stop land confiscations, remove checkpoints and road blocks, and the release of all the Palestinian detainees.
Dozens of volunteers injured when piking the olives in Bil'in during the weekly protests against apartheid
10/10/2008
After the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in gathered in a protest along with Israeli and international activists. The French Farmer Union of north France joined the protest to pick olives. The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners calling to allow the Palestinian farmers pick olives from their land. The protesters called also for a popular struggle to remove the wall, stop confiscating the land, remove the checkpoints and free all the Palestinian detainees.
Three injured in Bilin weekly protest
03/10/2008
The residents of Bilin joined by international and Israeli peace activists gathered to demonstrate against the Wall and settlement building today. The protesters raised the Palestinian flag and banners to commemorate the Eid and calling for a national unity and also other banners condemning the massacres against the Palestinian people.
