Bilin Weekly Protest- Israeli Army Uses Live Rounds on Peaceful Protest.
F.F.J. June 13
Bilin Weekly Protest- Israeli Army Uses Live Rounds on Peaceful Protest.
F.F.J. June 13 2008- Today a young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was taken directly to Sheik Zaid Hospital in Ramallah and was described by doctors as being in critical condition. Ibrahim posed no threat to Israeli soldiers who shot him with live rounds simply for attempting to scale the Apartheid Wall as a symbolic gesture against the ongoing illegal occupation.
The protestors were shot with tear gas, rubber coated steel bullets, and finally live ammunition as the protest wound down. The Israeli peace activist Lee Lorian was injuried with a rubber bullet in the chest and another more seriously injured. In addition dozens were treated for tear gas inhalation.
Locals where joined by International activists this week to protest against the Apartheid Wall and the expansion of Israeli Settlements. The weekly protestors raised the Palestinian flag and slogans against the occupation. The signs demanded the dismantling of the Apartheid Wall, land confiscation, and the expansion of Israeli Settlements. The protesters also demanded an end to Israel's killing of unarmed Palestinian civilians, the closure of roads in the West Bank, and large scale imprisonment as a form of collective punishm
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The Bil'in conference on popular resistance ends with anti wall nonviolent protest
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The Bil'in conference on popular resistance ends with anti wall nonviolent protest
june 06.2008
The Third international conference on popular resistance which was held in Bil'in for the third year in a row, was concluded on Friday with a press conference followed by a nonviolent protest against the wall.
Around midday, the participants of the conference went to watch a football match between the villagers of Bil'in and the international participants of the conference near the wall. The football game, which coincided with the start of the European Championship tournament, was, according to Abdullah Abu Rahme, the conference moderator, a message to the world that Israel, also denies the Palestinians the right to play. Soon after the match started, Israeli troops showered the players with a number of tear gas bombs which forced them to stop the match. A number of the players and the spectators were treated for gas inhalation.
Following the football game, the conveners, including a number of Palestinian Parliamentarians, marched towards the construction site of the wall and were faced by Israeli army violence as they arrived at the gate of the wall. Israeli troops operating there fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the demonstrators. Dozens were treated for gas inhalation and for bruises resulting from being hit with the rubber-coated steel bullets, including Louisa Morgantini, Deputy Speaker of the EU Parliament and the Irish Nobel Laureate and activist Mairead Maguire, in addition to Julio Tuscano, an Italian Judge. were wounded. This is the second time Maguire is wounded in Bil'in's protests. In 2007 she received a rubber-coated steel bullet to her leg as she participated in the protest that followed the second international conference in the village.
This years conference, which was organized by the Popular Committee against the wall and Settlement in Bil'in, started on Wednesday with more than 300 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis participating.
The Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad spoke at the opening session followed by Louisa Morgantini, vice president of the European Parliament.
Fayyad called on the European Union not to upgrade relations with Israel until it adheres to its peace process obligations.
He also stressed that the Israeli settlement policy is one of the major impediments for peace.
In her speech, Morgantini, said that the Parliament must work to put an end to the occupation and lift the blockade, and revive the agreements signed between the two sides. She emphasized the importance of adhering to international resolutions, especially those relating to Jerusalem as a shared capital for both peoples. She also addressed the tragic situation in Gaza and demanded an end to the siege.
Meanwhile, Maguire, accused Israel of denying the Palestinian people their basic right, and stated that Israeli policies lead to the perpetuation of a state based on racism and the creation of facts on the ground.
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On Monday 26th May, Israeli settlers from the Matityahu East settlement, protected by the
On Monday 26th May, Israeli settlers from the Matityahu East settlement, protected by the Israeli army, started construction work looking to expand their settlement further onto the village of Bil'in's land. Bil'in residents, joined by international and Israeli activists, attempted to block this construction. Ashraf Abu Rahme of Bil'in known to many as Dabaa, managed to scale one of the settler cranes, holding a Palestinian flag. He remained there and succeeded in stopping the work for six hours before being forced down and arrested by Israeli police.
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Palestinian demonstrators destroy part of the wall in the village of bilin during protest
Palestinian demonstrators destroy part of the wall in the village of bilin during protest against the wall
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Israeli military attacks weekly Bil'in protest, 17 injured including 7 journalists
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Israeli military attacks weekly Bil'in protest, 17 injured including 7 journalists
Friday March 28, 2008 16:51
Scores of residents of Bil'in, a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters, took to the streets on Friday to conduct their weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Wall and illegal confiscation of the village's land.
Israeli troops manning the wall and its gate that cuts off the villagers from their land showered the protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets immediately after the protesters reached the gate.
17 were injured including seven journalists. Medical sources identified some of the injured journalists as Fadi Al Arouri, a photojournalist, Najud al Qassem, a cameraman, Moheb Al Bargouthi, a reporter, and George Haltah, a cameraman.
Also among those injured was Eyad Burnat, of Bil'in popular committee, who told IMEMC "I was trying to protect one of the village youth who was attacked by the soldiers when soldiers attacked and beat me up."
The parents of Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist who was killed by the Israeli army in Gaza five years ago, took part of the Bil'in protest. Her father, Mr Craig Corrie, praised the nonviolent resistance in Bil'in and called for more support for the Palestinians in their struggle for freedom.
Rachel Corrie was killed in 2003 in Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza strip when an army bulldozer ran over her while she was protecting a local family home from being demolished by the Israeli army.
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The army attack Bil'in non-violent protest: six injured, one kidnapped
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The army attack Bil'in non-violent protest: six injured, one kidnapped
Friday March 14, 2008 15:01
Dozens of residents of Bil'in, a village near Ramallah, took to the streets on Friday in their weekly demonstration protesting against the illegal confiscation of village land through Israel's continued expansion of the wall.
The residents were joined by many international and Israeli peace activists. Israeli troops manning the wall and the gate in the wall that cuts off the villagers from their lands showered the protesters with tear gas and rubber coated steal bullets as soon as the protesters arrived at a military blockade nearby.
In addition, when the protestors arrived back to the village, Israeli troops attacked them at the entrance of the village with rifle butts and batons. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that soldiers also used sprayed the eyes of the peace protesters with pepper spray.
In total, six people were injured, among them a freelance European journalist known as Tom.
The other five were known as Iran, an Israeli activist who was shot in the leg by Israeli troops; Scern, from Israel, shot in the hand with a rubber-coated steal bullet; Cope, also from Israel, was attacked with pepper spray; Aiad Burnat was beaten up by the soldiers; in addition to Jake from the USA, who was beaten up and kidnapped by the army.
http://www.imemc.org/article/53480
For more information:
The Bilin Friends of freedom and Justice -society
Email: majdarmajdar@yahoo.com
Tel: 972 547 847 942
http://www. Ffj-bilin.org
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palestinian farmer wounded five bullets to his legs in the village of bilin march 05,2008.
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three people were injured and one aristed durring the peacefull protest against the wall i
three people were injured and one aristed durring the peacefull protest against the wall in the village of bilin in the west bank.
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The villagers of Bil'in located near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with th
The villagers of Bil'in located near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly demonstration against the illegal Israeli wall on Friday.
As is the case each week the protesters marched from the village centre towards the construction of the illegal wall Israel is building on the village land.
As soon as the protestors reached a barricade set up by the Israeli soldiers just outside the village, Israeli troops open fired on the unarmed protesters injuring five of them.
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