bilin 28 june 2011

 Marking the beginning of the end of the fence in Bil'in

This week, after a nonchalant four year delay since the Supreme Court
deemed it illegal, the state began to dismantle the fence in Bil'in. Next
week, we are promised, we will have the privilege of demonstrating in
front of the new wall, which also annexes much of the village's
agricultural and other land, against the decision of the International
Court of Justice in The Hague – only this time with a seal of approval
from the judges in Jerusalem.

After nearly 7 years of demonstrations in Bilin and after more than four years since the high court decision to do so the Israeli army has finally began to dismantle the fence in Bilin. On June 22nd it dismantled the camera tower which was used to spy on the village and demonstrators.

tower down june 22 2011- activestills

bilin 17 june 2011

This is a statement made by Basem tamimi to the soldier-judge who is deciding his case in Ofer Military court. As Joseph Dana reports the judge did not even allow him to finish his statement. Tamimi is one of the organizers of the popular resistance at his village of Nabi Saleh.

Basem Tamimi Ofer Military Court

The weekly  peaceful demonstration in Beit-Ummar set off as almost every week in the last  few weeks outside the village on the walkway up to the agriculture zone near the settlement Carmei-Zur.In the march took part approx 15 Palestinians,

The people of Biddu demonstrated against the army's prevention of farmers access to the land. The demonstration was joined by Israelis and internationals. This demonstration is one is a series of demonstrations started after the last Gaza war when the army toughened its policy and created further bureaucratic hurdles preventing farmers from accessing their lands.

Biddu June 10 2011