Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest
Three injured and Dozens suffered from gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly protest in Bil'in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday.
International and Israeli supporters joined the villagers of Bil'in and marched from the village center after the Friday midday prayers. The protesters demanded the halt of the Israeli illegal settlements and the construction of the wall.
They also called for more resistance to the construction of the wall and settlement in light of the new Israeli plans to take over more Palestinian land near the dead sea and Jordan valley.
The villagers asked human right groups to intervene in the case of those kidnapped by the army from the village. The army attacked Bil'in this week and last week and kidnapped a dozen civilian among them five children.
As the protesters arrived at the wall, Israeli troops stationed at its gate fired a barrage of sound bombs, tear gas and rubber-coated bullets.
Three protesters, Adeeb Abu Rahmah, Judi from UK and Julia from Germany , were lightly wounded as Dozens were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation. This week the Israeli military attacked the village on a number of occasions and kidnapped six people among them two children.
In other news this week the Israeli The Israeli High Court of Justice ordered on Wednesday the Israeli military to press stronger charges against a an officer after shooting a bound and blindfolded Palestinian civilian from Bil'in.
The court decision came based on a petition by Israeli human rights organizations on behalf of the victim Ashraf Abu Rahmeh, 27.
For more information, Please call
Abdullah Abu Rahamah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bilin.
0547258210 or 0599107069
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Israeli Occupation Force Invades Bilin Village and Kidnap Two Youth
Sunday 5\7\2009
At approximately 4:15 on the morning of 5.7.09 more than 100 Israeli Soldiers invaded Belin Village. Many of them were masked and all carried automatic weapons. They attacked several houses and arrested Oda Rebhe Abu Rahma, 20, and Mahmoud Issa Yassein, 17. Upon request the soldiers would not tell their families where they were taking them or the name of an officer in command. Palestinian and international presence questioned the soldiers and dearrested several people who were documenting the kidnappings. This is the third week of night raids in Bilin village. Israeli soldier have conducted night raids almost every night and have arrested seven village youth during this period.
For more information, Please call
Abdullah Abu Rahamah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bilin.
0547258210 or 0599107069
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Israeli soldiers attacked Bilin and arrested two – one of them American.
At 3 am 7/7/09 approximately 100 soldiers and border policeman invaded Bilin and have attacked the homes of Basem Yasin, Akhmed Yasin, Shauket Khatib and Abd AlMuamen Abu Rakhma there they had arrested Majdi Abdel Muamer Abu Rakhma and an American activist when he tried to resist to invasion of a home. A group of about 100 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists followed the soldiers, trying to stop them and make them leave the village. They have succeeded in doing so, and the rest of the houses without making any arrest. Thus, the popular committee asks Israeli and international activists to keep coming to the village in the following days, in order to resist further army invasions.
Such invasions have been going on in Bilin frequently in the last two weeks: soldiers arrested nine children and youth of the popular non-violent protest, and were attempting to arrest all participants of the popular protest.
For more information, Please call
Abdullah Abu Rahamah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bilin.
0547258210 or 0599107069
e-mail – lumalayan@yahoo. com
