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IDF steps up fight against weekly separation fence protests
15/03/2010
[Ynet] Soldiers distribute flyers in Bilin, Naalin declaring vicinity of fence as closed military zone every Friday between 8 am-8 pm. Notice forbids entry of Israelis, foreigners to village during these hours
Israel closes villages of Bilin and Nilin to protests
15/03/2010
[BBC News] The Israeli Defence Force has barred Israelis and foreigners from two West Bank villages, the scene of protests against Israel’s "separation wall".
Soldiers have posted flyers declaring areas around the villages of Bilin and Nilin are "closed military zones".
Israel to ‘relocate’ olive trees in West Bank village
25/02/2010
[Ma’an] An Israeli company operating on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Defense began the relocation of olive trees on Tuesday, on lands belonging to the village of Bil’in slated for the construction of the separation wall.
Bilin: IDF moves olive trees to east side of fence
24/02/2010
[Ynet] Another step has been proposed to solve the ongoing conflict near the Palestinian town of Bilin, which has protested for five years over the routing of the West Bank security fence. The IDF spokesman said Wednesday that work had begun to move olive trees from the western side of the planned route to the eastern side, to an area west of Ramallah.
A duty to protest
22/02/2010
[Ha’aretz] Some 1,000 people took part in last Friday’s demonstration against the separation fence in the village of Bil’in west of Ramallah, marking the fifth anniversary of weekly protests at the site.
Just as on previous Fridays, the police tried to prevent demonstrators from reaching Bil’in, either by detaining them on their way out of Tel Aviv or Jerusalem - a practice that is nothing less than scandalous - or by following them along the route, and then trying to block them from entering the village. The conduct of the police has been deplorable, as has the recent spate of arrests by the army in Bil’in, during which many of the leaders of the popular committee behind the protests have been detained. Some of them are still in prison - and they don’t belong there.
