Conference 2009
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The Fourth Bil’in International Conference on Non-Violent Resistance under the name of Bassem Abu Rahma : Closing Statement
24/04/2009
As we conclude our conference today, we remember our friend and fellow in struggle, Bassem Abu Rahma, who was killed by the Israeli army last Friday during the weekly peaceful demonstration. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family and we wish them peace in these hard times. Our thoughts and prayers are also with Tristan Anderson and his family. Tristan, an American solidarity activist, was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli army last month while he was visiting Ni’lin village.
Iyab Burnat speech at the Fourth Bil’in International Conference on Non-Violent Resistance
24/04/2009
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate Ladies and gentlemen; honorable attendees
Greetings to each and every one of you. Greeting from a heart that is bathed with the perfume of a valley that is surrounded by an apartheid wall and dotted with mines. The valley that is watered with the blood of the martyr hero Bassem Aburahma who was butchered by the occupation army without mercy in a cowardly attempt to silence his voice. The voice that always called for freedom and for resistance to injustice. Greetings to the martyr Bassem who fell on this thirsty and torn land to water it with his blood and to feed it with his pure soul.
Bil'in concludes its fourth annual conference on popular resistance with an Anti-wall protest
24/04/2009
[IMEMC] Dozens were wounded as hundreds of Palestinians supported by International and Israeli supporters marched Friday afternoon in the West Bank village of Bil’in to the construction site of the wall Israel is building on the village’s land.
One week after the murder of Bassem Abu Rahmah, 25 injured in Bil’in demonstration to build his memorial
24/04/2009
Twenty five protesters were injured today following the end of the 4th Annual International Conference of Popular Resistance in Bil’in. Injuries ranged from light to moderate and most were caused by rubber coated steel bullets. Fadi Al-Arori from Reuters news agency, Mohib Barghouti from Al-Haya newspaper and Israeli activist and filmmaker, Shai Pollack, all had their cameras broken by the Israeli army. The rest of the wounded are all from the village: Fadil Al Khatib, brothers Ahmed and Awada Abu Rahmah, brothers Riyad and Iyad Burnat, Khalid Al Khatib, Abdullah Abu Rahmah, Mohammed Al Khatib, Wael Fahmi, Basel Mansour, Tariq Al Khatib, Abdullah Yasin, Tamir Al Khatib, Nizar Abu Rahmah, Husam Al Khatib, Mohammed Nabil Abu Rahmah, Nour Yasin, Ibrahim Burant, Ahmad Abu Rahmah (Bassem’s Brother) and Adeeb Abu Rahmah who was detained by the army for three hours.
Apartheid regime and popular resistance in Bil'in
24/04/2009
[The Palestine Telegraph] Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi is taking part in the three-day Bil’in conference on nonviolent resistance alongside activists like local organizer Iyad Burnat and the Vice President of the European Parliament.
