(en) Palestine-Israel: ten years of popular resistance in
Bil'in (tr)
Ten years of popular resistance in Bil'in - 20-2-2015 - Today marks the 10th anniversary
of weekly demonstrations against the Israeli Apartheid Wall in the West Bank village of
Bil'in. There have been more demos and actions than the 520 Friday protests of
Palestinians from the village and other parts of the occupied west bank, accompanied by
Israelis (mostly with the anarchists against the wall initiative) and nearly always
international solidarity activists - always marching towards the route of the barrier that
cut the lands of the village. ---- This Friday dozens of participants suffered from tear
gas hurting the eyes and inhalation during the march as the Israeli forces attacked us
long before we reached the old route of the separation fence (blocking us the last few
months from approaching the separation wall that replaced it). Few times the soldiers used
jeeps to chase demonstrators towards the village using lot of tear gas canisters and
rubber bullets as due to the strong northern wind they failed to disperse us. Some members
of families who live nearby also suffered from tear gas.
During the demo - in addition to the usual chants and flags we held pictures of children
who are detained in Israeli jails, especially the one of a sick 14 year old child Khlid
Alshaikh.
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