Friday 4/02/2011
The village of Bil'in has continued the struggle of resistance against the occupation.
Friday 04/02/2011
In the solidarity march with the Egyptian people there have been over a dozen cases of people harmed by tear gas.
The march began after the Friday prayers from the village center towards the Separation fence. The inhabitants of Bil'in marched together with dozens of Palestinian people, international activists and several Israelis in solidarity with the Egyptian people and their legitimate demands for democracy. Organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall the participants were chanting slogans – calling for national unity, an end of the Occupation, the deconstruction of the separation fence and the release of political prisoners. The participants raised Palestinian and Eqyptian flags. Their message to the Eqyptians was to stand up and unite above the divisions of class and sectarian struggle and face together the danger of external intervention.
Upon the arrival at the construction site of the wall the Israeli army fired dozens of tear gas and sound grenades towards the participants in an attempt to disperse them. Dozens of demonstrators were injured after inhaling the tear gas which was heavily fired upon them. Ambulance crews were forced to treat them. The participants resisted the soldiers of the occupation force when they attempted to advance towards the village of Bil'in.
In a letter of solidarity with the Egyptian People's Committee we want to state the following:
1- We salute the Egyptian and Tunisian people and reiterate the nation’s right to live in freedom and pride.
2- We call for national unity and the preservation of civil peace, and to protect the home front and tolerance among all segments of society, and to deal with conspiracies and foreign projects in order to pass this historic stage successfully.
3- We hope that the rebelling Arab people make it their priority to demand from any government or leadership to come to sever their ties with the Israeli occupation and abandon the Egyptian - Israeli peace treaty. We believe it would be better to direct the masses towards the Israeli embassies and interests as an alternative to targeting the capabilities of the Egyptian people and the headquarters of its security.
4- We call on all free nations in the world, especially Europe and the U.S., to get out in massive demonstrations on 11 \ 2 \ 2011 to confirm the right of peoples to live in freedom and dignity -- a day of anger against the Israeli occupation of Arab land, and as a beginning of the Global Intifada.
The Peoples Committee also condemns the arrest of many children in the past few days and demands their immediate release.
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