six years of nonviolent struggle .

Bil'in, located west of Ramallah in the central West Bank between Jerusalem and Jaffa, is a small Palestinian Village surrounded by beautiful hills and mountains. It has 1,800 inhabitants, many of whom work in agriculture.
Only a few hundred meters away from the outskirts of Bil'in stands a fence. It's been there since the end of 2004. There are automatic motion detectors equipped along with Israeli occupation soldiers. Towers rise in the sky several hundred Meters away. Cameras from these towers watch every move in the village. The scene is reminiscent of the Berlin wall in Germany.

For most Palestinians this "wall" is virtually impenetrable. The Israeli government sees the fence as the boundary between their own territory and the occupiedWest Bank. Under international law this is not correct because "the wall" was not on the "green line" - ie the 1967 borders, but extends far into Palestinian land. The International Court of Justice in The Hague declared the wall illegal years ago. The government in Jerusalem has yet to comply with the ruling.

In the Israel-occupied Palestinian West Bank, the 700 km long barrier wall winds through PalestinianTowns and villages. The construction of the Wall by Israel holds 29 Palestinian cities (an area of ​​21656.4 Hectares) isolated from the West Bank and incorporates them into the Israeli side of the barrier wall. This land seized by Israel is very fertile and contains underground water resources in large amounts. Israel has also seized a large area of land around Jerusalem.
For decades, the village of Bil'in has experienced seizure of land by the Israeli occupying power. In the 1980s, the illegal settlement of Mitat was built on land that the residents of Bil'in use to herd their sheep. In 1990 Israel confiscated more of Bil'in's land to build another illegal settlement known as Kiryat Sefer. In 2002 Israel began building the illegal settlement of Mitet Yaaho on yet more land belonging to the villagers of Bil'in. In April 2004, the Israeli government announced its intention to build an additional barrier close to the village. At that time the villagers formed the "Popular Committee Against the Wall and its Settlements" (PCAWS). The PCAWS helps protect, in coordination with lawyers, the rights of the citizens of Bil'in. The land for the illegal settlements and the construction of the barrier wall was all stolen from Bil'in. This committee has been organizing, with support of Israeli and international activists, weekly non-violent demonstrations.

On 20/02/2005 bulldozers began working on the barrier around Bil'in. The Israeli occupation forces had almost 1000 olive trees cut down and destroyed farmland belonging to residents of Bil'in. The olive trees were Bil'in's main source of livelihood, especially on the western side of the barrier which is now cut off from residents. Also confiscated was the farmland used to grow other crops including grains, vegetables and livestock. In response the village started staging peaceful demonstrations, involving all members of the village society. Since then demonstrations against the barrier have taken place every Friday, and occasionally other days. The demonstrators have found creative ways to express themselves. They perform street theater with scenes reminiscent of historic personalities of non-violence such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.
Israelis and International activists provide valuable support for the non-violent struggle of the villagers of Bil'in. One of the first Israelis to take part in these demonstrations was the Aachen Peace Prize laureate Uri Avnery. The support of the Israeli peace movement of nonviolent resistance in Bil'in presents a model for the struggle. The Palestinians, as well as Israeli and international activists are fighting together against military despotism and occupation. Among the key victories of the resistance of Bil'in is the decision by the Supreme Court in Israel from 04.09.2007, that the construction of the barrier wall is illegal despite the Israeli army's cited justification ("security purposes"). The court recommended that the Israeli army move the barrier wall about 500 meters back along with an opening in the fence for villagers so that they can access their farmland. The army has yet to comply.
The Israeli army meets the nonviolent weekly demonstrations in Bil'in with brutal repression. Every Friday demonstrators are met with tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets. Furthermore, the village are often a target of nighttime raids, in which the Israeli military triggers panic among the villagers. Sound bombs are set off in the middle of the night while soldiers raid houses and make arbitrary arrests, sometimes of children under 16.

On 17.04.2009 Bassem Abu Rahma, a co-organizer of the weekly protests died after a tear gas canister hit him in the chest.
and On New Year's Day in 2011 his sister Jahaver died of tear gas poisoning after a demonstration.
 At least 1,200 people have been injured by the Israeli army, 10 of them seriously.
85 villagers were arrested by Israeli military, including members of popular committees and their children.
and tow people was killed from one family.