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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.
Nakba commemoration: Protesters carry a 5 meter long key in Bil’in
15/05/2009
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 also banners commemorating 61 years of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). A 5 meter long key was carried as a symbol to the right of return which a lot o Palestinians still have keys of their original homes and land ownership documents.
Bil’in Demonstrators Call on International Health Institutions to “Stop the Occupation Flu”
08/05/2009
Palestinian, Israeli, and international protesters walked through the streets of Bil’in on Friday wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from the “Occupation Flu” which first infected Palestinians sixty-one years ago. It has caused the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, injured hundreds of thousands and has put millions in prisons, including Israeli prisons but also the prisons created by the wall in the West Bank and the siege on Gaza.
