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Oppose the state, not the people
July 2, 2009
[Ha’aretz] Ramallah’s intellectual elite, foreigners and curious spectators gathered last Saturday at the Friends School in Ramallah to hear writer and political activist Naomi Klein lecture to a packed auditorium. Following a musical interlude by a string quintet, one of whose members is blind, Klein took the stage. She chose to speak – in Ramallah – about her Jewish roots.
Court orders military to press stronger charges against soldiers who shot a Palestinian civilian
July 1, 2009
[IMEMC] 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 in the West Bank.
Israeli High Court rules against Judge Advocate General’s “extremely unreasonable” decision
July 1, 2009
[B’Tselem] The Israeli High Court ruled today in favor of changing the indictments filed against the soldier and commander who were involved in the shooting of a handcuffed detainee in Ni’lin, so as to reflect the gravity of the offenses. The human rights organizations who had filed the petition to change the indictments expressed satisfaction with the decision, saying that it conveys a crucial message that protection of human rights must be a primary consideration for law-enforcement agencies. The organizations said they hope that in the future, High Court intervention will not be necessary for military law-enforcement agencies to convey to soldiers and commanders an unequivocal message to safeguard human life and dignity.
Disorderly conduct is way too weak a charge for soldier who shot bound and blindfolded Palestinian
July 1, 2009
[UN-Truth] Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled today that “disorderly conduct” charges against a soldier who shot a bound and blindfolded protester and his commanding officer who reportedly said “shoot him” — as a joke, but said he never thought the soldier would take him seriously — were much too lenient.
Cry in the night: What else can we do for the suffering ?
June 30, 2009
[Waging Nonviolence] As I read through my emails yesterday morning, I came across one that had been sent by the Popular Committee of Bi’lin (West Bank). It’s subject line read: “Bi’lin Invaded by Israeli Soldiers.” The email, sent by Iyad Burnat, the head of the Popular Committee, describes a 2:30 am raid by close to 70 soldiers. Declaring Bi’lin a “closed military zone,” the soldiers broke into a number of homes. In the process, they seized and took away - for no stated reason — two sixteen-year-old boys, Mohsen Kateb and Hamoda Yaseen.
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- Oppose the state, not the people
- Disorderly conduct is way too weak a charge for soldier who shot bound and blindfolded Palestinian
- Court orders military to press stronger charges against soldiers who shot a Palestinian civilian
- Israeli High Court rules against Judge Advocate General’s “extremely unreasonable” decision
- Cry in the night: What else can we do for the suffering ?
- In the West Bank, Suburb or Settlement ?
- Raids and arrests for the second week in a row in Bil'in
- A fierce attack on the village of Bil'in by the occupation forces
- June 26, Naomi Klein in Bil'in
- june 29, Bi'lin Invaded by Israeli Soldiers (by haitham al Katib)
- Bi'lin Invaded by Israeli Soldiers
- June 26, demonstration
- Trial in Canada Part eight
- Trial in Canada Part seven
- Trial in Canada Part six
- Trial in Canada Part five
- Trial in Canada Part four
- Trial in Canada Part three
- Trial in Canada Part two
- Trial in Canada Part one
- Bil’in village continues legal battle
- A week of continues resistance in Bilin, Invasions, Arrests, Court case in Canada, Press Conference and The Friday Demonstration
- Naomi Klein in Bil'in: Boycott Israel
- June 26, demonstration by Haitham al Katib
- Bil’in village holds press conference and a demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall
- Naomi Klein calls for boycott of Israel
- Que. companies committing war crime
- Bil'in 25 6 2009 by Haitham al Katib
- Solidarity with Bil’in
- Israel: Seven detained from Nablus, Bil'in
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Bil’in Tour: Israeli Apartheid on Trial
In June 2009, Mohamed Khatib of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Emily Schaeffer, an Israeli lawyer representing the village of Bil’in, will be embarking on a tour of 11 Canadian cities to speak on Bil’in and the historic court case scheduled to be heard in Montreal in late June 2009.
Check out the itinerary to see when the tour will be visiting your city!
- June 4 - Montreal Press Conference to launch tour
- June 5 - Halifax
- June 6 - Fredericton
- June 8 - Vancouver
- June 9 - Victoria
- June 10 - Edmonton
- June 11 - Moncton
- June 12 - Toronto
- June 15 - Ottawa
- June 17 - Quebec
- June 18 - Sherbrooke
- June 19 - Montreal
- June 22 - Demonstration in Montreal at the first day of the Bil’in hearings
Courtroom Intifada
In a special five-part series People & Power (Al Jazeera) charts the rapidly growing number of lawsuits being brought against multi-national corporations. Around the world, ordinary people are asking how many more times their interests should be sacrificed for corporate greed and shareholder profit.
« Courtroom Intifada », a focus on Bil’in court case in Canada
Judicial Procedures
Israel - August 3, 2008: The High Court of Justice concluded today that the new route of the barrier in Bil’in is in violation of the Court ruling released on September 2007.
Canada, Quebec: Upcoming court on the claim filed against Green Park and Green Mount is expected on 22nd, 23rd, and 25th of June 2009 to the Superior Court of Quebec (Montreal).
Support Bil’in’s historic court case
Bil’in is calling on supporters from all over the world to join them in solidarity actions during the court case in Canada. The village also needs your help setting up and financing a legal fund to fight the court case, which currently is in need of approximately $50,000.
Israel must be judged at the International Criminal Court - Universal petition
Approximately 300 among NGOs and associations ask the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to open an investigation on the war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. Our support is indispensable. Sign and circulate this urgent «universal petition».
Ni'lin is paying a heavy price for its fight against the Israeli occupation
The world is outraged after the circulation of a video showing a soldier coldly shooting activist Ashraff Abu Rahma.
Since July 2008, Ni’lin is mourning its dead. Yousef Ahmad Younis Amera (17) and Ahmed Husam Yusef Mousa (10) were assassinated by the armed forces of occupation. Arafat Rateb Khawaje (22), was shot in the back
and killed on December 28th while taking part in a demonstration in solidarity with Gaza. Mohammed Kasim Khawaje (20), who was shot in the head during that same demonstration, died on December 31st.
There was almost no coverage of these events, as there were no pictures, and nowadays images are everything. Due to a lack of images, the child and youngsters died with the total indifference of the world.
Protests against Israeli occupation
North America
- Montreal : Since February 2001, every friday, PAJU vigil.
- New-York : Since 2003, every saturday.
Israel-Palestine
- See Anarchists Against the Wall discussion list for informations on demos and events in Israel and Palestine.
Women in Black
- Women in Black vigils (more than 25 countries).
France
- Every first friday of the month in Dijon and Les Sables d’Olonne organized by MAN.
Don't forget about Gaza
« In front of this human disaster and in front of many countries’ complicity, or even the international silence, Gaza is left with two main things: patience and hopes.
Regards from Gaza the Resistance fighter. »
- Ziad
ACTIONS NEEDED: AS TIME RUNS OUT GAZANS SLOWLY DYING
- A week in Gaza, The Guardian reports on the effects of the crisis on the ordinary people of Gaza (videos)
- Popular Committee Against Siege
- Gaza’s fate left to the whim of an Israeli court
- Never against! European collusion in Israel’s slow genocide
- Economic warfare in Gaza
- Gaza situation potentially disastrous
« A bus for Bil'in »
« A bus for Bil’in » is the project to collect funds to purchase a minibus for Bil’in, and especially for Bil’in’s students.
Solidarity with Anarchists Against the Wall
With the increase of legal persecution against Palestinian demonstrators, AATW are now fundraising to expand its existing legal fund so that it also covers defense costs for Palestinian. This is in addition to covering a standing 15,000 USD debt, resulting from the legal persecution of Israeli anti-wall demonstrators.
Yes to Justice! No to Occupation!
Bilin’s Popular Committee continues to push away the Wall with its regular Friday demonstrations. Bilin’s struggle continues since February 2005, in spite of the repression. Supporting Bil’in means supporting the victory of non-violent resistance over the illegal building of the settlements and the Wall.
More than ever, Bil’in needs help from Israelis and Internationals on the ground to get back all its land and to continue its resistance.
To be part of a Civilian Mission, please contact ISM.
Contacts Bilin's Popular Committee.
