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The reason why I will never forget the word ‘Zaalan’
13/01/2008
“Aaaaah, Aaaah…” Abdullah’s voice, from behind the blue-grey curtain, echoed throughout the first floor of the hospital. The medical staff was cleaning the wounds in his head – just another sacrifice people from Bil’in have made in their struggle for justice and dignity. It sounded as if he was laughing, and pierced my heart, tearing it to pieces. “Khalas, khalas, khalas… (stop, stop…)”
Bil’in protests Wall, Leviev, army shoots popular committee member in the head
12/01/2008
On Friday, January 11th, villagers of Bil’in were joined by around 70 Israeli, international, and other Palestinian Human Rights activists in a protest against the Annexation Wall. In Bil’in, the wall is stealing more than 60% of village land, and even the Israeli Supreme Court said in a recent decision that the route of the wall was not planned for military reasons, but for land.
Two Badly Injured as Bil’in Residents Attempt to Thwart Settler Land Grab
01/01/2008
On January 1st, Mohammed Khatib and Abdullah Abu Rahme of the Bil’in popular committee were badly beaten by settlers whilst attempting to stop the positioning of a settlement outpost on village land. They are currently receiving treatment in Sheik Zaid hospital, both are in a stable condition. Cameraman Emad Bornat was beaten also but escaped with footage of the attack after settlers destroyed his camera.
Bil'in villagers are being assaulted while attempting to prevent the placement of a new caravan on their land
01/01/2008
Tonight settlers attempted to place a caravan outside of Modi’in Illit, on land belonging to the village of Bil’in. The settlers are calling it a synagogue to make it harder for the military to remove it.
Mohammed Khatib, Abdullah Abu Rahme, and Emad Bornat of Bil’in tried to prevent the placement of the caravan by lying underneath it. All three were captured by the settlers and badly beaten, Emad Bornat’s camera was destroyed.
Activists call for Boycott of Leviev during weekly Bil’in protest
28/12/2007
After Friday prayers, the people of Bil’in marched out in a mass public demonstration, joined by a number of international and Israeli solidarity activists, holding Palestinian flags and signs criticizing the building of colonies and the wall. The Popular Committee (Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in) expressed its opposition and resistance to the building of settlements/colonies because they stand as an obstacle to the creation of a geographically contiguous Palestinian state.
