Archive for the 'Bil'in Village' Category

UPDATE: Blake Murphy is deported to the US

Friday, March 21st, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Bil'in Village, Photos

Blake Murphy, an American activist from Bedford, MA, working in the West Bank, was beaten and arrested by Israeli army and police forces on Friday 14th March 2008. He has had to face a series of evidently false charges from the Israeli authorities due to his work supporting non-violent resistance to the occupation of Palestine. He was deported to...

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Bil’in Outpost Under Attack

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 | Posted in Bil'in Village

By Kobi

On Friday night one of the Palestinian activist was beaten and threaten with murder by soldiers on patrol at the outpost. ( The outpost is a small room that the villagers of Bil’in built on their land separated from their village by the Apartheid Wall) Damage was also done to the structure and the water tank.

The man...

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Friday Anti-Wall demonstrations marked by violence

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Tulkarem Region

Qaffin

Friday, March 8th, saw a large demonstration in the West Bank town of Qaffin against the annexation wall. The demonstration was organised by the Qaffin municipality and featured a large block of activists from the...

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Adalah-NY: In Ha’aretz interview Leviev “spins” protests against his companies’ settlement construction

Friday, March 7th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Bil'in Village

Adalah-NY: info@mideastjustice.org, www.mideastjustice.org

(see excerpt from Ha’aretz interview below)

New York, NY, March 7 - In a rare interview...

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IMEMC: Palestinian farmer critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire in Bil’in

Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Village


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Successful roadblock removal and funeral march for Gaza during weekend protests

Saturday, March 1st, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Bil'in Village, Video

Tuwani-

On Friday, February 29th, around 80 Palestinians and international activists removed roadblocks on the street which connects Tuwani village to the city of Yatta , across the settler bypass...

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IMEMC: Dozens of protests held worldwide calling for an end to Gaza siege

Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Ramallah Region, Gaza Region, Bil'in Village

by Saed Bannoura

In partnership with Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), Friends of freedom and Justice-Bilin, and Gaza On My Mind, dozens of groups worldwide held protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday February 23rd.

Participating nations include France, UK, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden,...

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More than 20 wounded; American activist shot in the head at third year anniversary of the popular struggle in Bil’in

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Press clippings, Bil'in Village, Video


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Weekly demonstration in Bil’in

Friday, February 15th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village

On February 15, 2008, around 80 Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists took part in the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Bi’lin against the illegal Annexation Wall. The...

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Yedioth Ahronoth: Polished Protest

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Bil'in Village

By Yaniv Halili, our correspondent in New York
(Translation from Hebrew by Adalah-NY)

February 10, 2008

London and New York: Demonstrations Opposite Lev Leviev’s Jewelry Stores

“Lev...

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