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The Villagers of Bil’in Break The Military Closure For The Third Week
02/04/2010
The weekly protest in Bil’in this week headed out after the Friday prayer to protest the wall and settlements, despite military orders three weeks ago declaring the village a closed military zone. The protest was joined by Hisham Abu Raya, a member of the Palestinian Libration Front, along with international and Israeli activists.
Life without my imprisoned husband: The account of Adeeb Abu Rahma's wife
01/04/2010
Fatma Abu Rahmah and five of her nine children have gathered in the living room of the family’s prospective son in law. The house is fully equipped, but its sterile immaculateness divulges its lack of inhabitants. Doha, who is nineteen, will move in once she is married, but has been postponing her marriage until the release of her father Adeeb. Fatma’s tiredness, frustration and despair read from her eyes and are confirmed in her muttering speech, calling on Allah to help her family. She repeatedly exclaims to lack information on her husband’s current state of being, which cause her grave irritation and concern.
Israeli Activist Arrested in Bil’in as Residents Commemorate Land Day
26/03/2010
The weekly protest in Bil’in this week was held in commemoration of Palestinian Land Day. The crowd headed out after the Friday prayer to protest the wall and settlements, despite military orders two weeks ago declaring the village a closed military zone. The protest was joined by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, the head of the Palestinian National Initiative, along with international and Israeli activists.
Trial of human rights defender Mr Abdallah Abu Rahma
23/03/2010
[The Right to Stop the Wall] The next hearing in the trial of human rights defender Mr Abdallah Abu Rahma will take place on 24 March 2010 in Ofer, Nothern Israel. Abdallah Abu Rahma is a secondary school teacher and the head of the Bil’in Popular Committee against the Wall, which carries out activities in protest against the wall constructed by the Israeli authorities and which Abdallah Abu Rahma insists violates the economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people. Abdallah Abu Rahma has been in Israeli detention in Ofer Prison since his arrest on 10 December 2009. The Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall was awarded the International League for Human Right’s Carl Von Ossietzky Medal in 2008 for its work in defence of human rights.
People of Bil’in defy the « closed military zone » order
19/03/2010
Dozens of demonstrators were injured today in the weekly anti-wall march at Bil’in. A number suffered from suffocation caused by the use of tear gas due to clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and international peace activists on one side, and Israel Occupation forces on the other. This is the result of suppression of the last of the weekly marches against the wall and settlement.
