Bil'in, a village of Palestine

September 9, 2011 Demonstration

30/08/2011 : Live fire and flares at the Apartheid Wall

Tonight, live fire and flares on the Bil’in side of the Apartheid Wall from occupation forces followed by a long and careful torchlit search of the ground for possible traces of shed blood shattered the relative peace that dropped on the village following the shifting of the Apartheid Wall further away from Bil’in last June. Over 20 soldiers in four jeeps were engaged in this operation.

26/08/2011 - The Olive Revolution: "Knocking on Jerusalem's Gates" at Qalandia Checkpoint

Today, activists and supporters of the Olive Revolution (popular revolution and national humanitarian non-armed revolution against the Israeli occupation) and the Popular Committees started the campaign “Knocking on Jerusalem’s Doors” in response to the Israeli policies of Judaizing Jerusalem.

Bil’in villagers Ashraf Abu Rahmah and Basel Mansour describe the circumstances of their arrest at the Olive Revolution protest at the Qalandia Checkpoint and their subsequent maltreatment by occupation forces.

Land Reclamation Project in Bil'in After the Resiting of the Apartheid Wall

Following the resiting of the Apartheid-Annexation Wall in Bil’in and the consequent return of 800 dunums (some 200 acres) to the village last June, hydrologist and project manager with the Palestinian NGO; Palestinian Hydrology Group Abdul Raouf Abu Raheh explains the current situation in his village and his plan to alleviate the poverty of 20 of Bil’in’s poorest farmers by constructing water cisterns on the returned land and providing seed, fertiliser and seedlings to them.

Iyad Burnat on Bil'in's Resistance to the Occupation and Apartheid Wall

Retracing the route of the Friday protest marches and on the land regained by Bil’in by the resiting of the Apartheid-Annexation Wall closer to the Haredi Israeli colony of Modi’in Illit, head of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Iyad Burnat discusses the changing situation in his village, Israeli blood diamonds, CRH, Veolia and the terrible damage in murders, maimings and serious injuries done to his people in nonviolently resisting the Wall and occupation.