Friday of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners.

 Bil'in – Palestine,
27-4-2012.
A 29 years old, Tarek Khatib was shot by two rubber coated bullets in the hand and thigh as well as dozens of cases of asphyxiation from poison gas in the weekly march which organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in. The march comes in solidarity with the prisoners on their hunger strike, especially  the prisoners  Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla for entering the day  60 of their open hunger strike. Dozens of Palestinian, israeli and international peace activists participated the demonstration.

 The march began after Friday prayers from the center of the village headed to the land which was liberated. Participants raised Palestinian flags, pictures of prisoners, and they chanted slogans calling for national unity, national slogans calling for the departure of the occupation and destruction of the apartheid wall, they also calling for freedom of Palestinian prisoners and they call on Palestinians to remain faithful of Palestinian constants and to support Jerusalem.
 Upon the arrival of participants to Abu Lemon area they made some holes in the barbered wire and they break through it, then the soldiers Who were situated behind the concrete wall shot rubber bullets , stun grenades , tear gas and sprayed the waste water mixed with chemicals towards the participants, which resulted the injury of Khatib and dozens of participants suffered from gas inhalation, all of them were treated by ambulance crews in the field . some of youth participants threw stones to the occupation soldiers, neighboring olive fields dealt with the fires caused by numerous tear gas canisters shot into the dry brush, fires were dealt by civil defense crews.
In another instance, the ongoing strike is still being carried out by many participating youth from the village.  This solidarity exercise is in conjunction with the Palestinian prisoners currently on strike at Israeli jails.  A tent has been set up on the liberated territories  of Abu Lemon to show protest.

Ashraf abu rahma is participated bilin demonstration again.

 20/4/2012
The weekly demonstration against the wall, in Bil'in West of Ramallah continued as it always does for the last 7 years; although this time there was a special addition to the march and demo at the wall. Ashraf Abu Rahmah who was released earlier in the week joined the local citizens of Bil'in and other International activists. Ashraf Abu Rahmah who was previously detained for 6 months at Ofer prison waved his Palestinian flag proudly through the streets of Bil'in alongside many family and friends in solidarity with the prisoners currently in detention.

Other notes to mention was this week’s demonstration theme, a tent was pitched up in the middle of the field on land that had been illegally confiscated by Israel for the use of illegal settlements and which was later returned to Bil’in residents after many years of peaceful demonstrations and a court ruling. This act is to show protest and solidarity against the many prisoners currently in Israeli jails who are there under administrative detention and false charges. Amazingly the tent is still up and was not destroyed by IOF soldiers. The tent is currently housing activist and citizens of Bil’in who are also staging a hunger strike, and sit in as another example of solidarity with prisoners at Israeli jails.

As citizens began the peaceful demonstration, IOF soldiers shot "rubber bullets" at participants and spilled chemical filled water against them, international photojournalist, Hamdi Abu Rahmah, was one of the three photojournalists arrested at today’s demonstration, alongside other photographers, Haitham AlKhatib, and Ali Abu Rahmah. No other instances were reported this week of any serious injuries.

As usual the demonstrations in Bil’in will continue as they have for the past 7 years until all of the wall is brought down and the land of Bil’in is returned to its rightful owners.

Commemorating 7 Years of Resistance.and mark the 3rd year of Bassem Abu Rahmah's death.

Bil'in - Palestine,
tow people was Wounded as well as dozens of cases of asphyxiation by poison gas in the village of Bil'in west of Ramallah.
 Khaled al-Khatib 24-year got a rubber bullet in his back  and rashid katib as well as dozens of cases of asphyxiation by poison gas in the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in, and comes in the third anniversary of the death of Bassem Abu Rahma and in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike and the anniversary of the martyrdom of Khalil al-Wazir and the Palestinian Prisoners' Day ., Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Front Dr Wasel Abu Yusuf, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah Sultan  Abu Al Aenen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Abed al Rahim Mallouh, the President of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality Mohammed Baraka, a member of the Legislative Council Jamal Huwail, the Minister of Social Affairs Magda al Masri, a member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front, Dr. Ramsey Rabah, a member of the Political Bureau of the Palestine Liberation Front Hisham Abu Raya, a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah, Fadwa Barghouti, Fatah Secretary General Region Jenin, Ata Abu Armelh, Issam Baker of the leaders of the People's Party, the Secretary of the Party delegation in Ramallah and Al Bireh, Kamal Ali, and a wide range of national action factions, a delegation from the village of  Kvraein, a delegation from the city of Hebron, south of the Letwane , and the neighboring villages, representatives of national forces and many of the faction leaders and dozens of Palestinians and foreign peace activists as well as the people of Bil'in and Israeli peace activists, participated in the march called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in.
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 The march began after Friday prayers, and was held on the liberated territories destined to the main gate of the wall. The participants raised Palestinian flags and yellow banners with a picture of the captive leader Marwan Barghouti, and pictures of the martyr Basem Abo Rahma and images  of the captured Bilal Diab and Thaer Hlahalh and banners of the various factions, and chanted slogans calling for national unity ,called for the departure of the occupation and destruction of the apartheid wall , demanded to free the Palestinian prisoners, and called for the the Palestinians to support  Jerusalem. Upon the arrival of the participants at the main gate of the concrete wall, they  were able to break through the barbed wire and through  some of the holes .Then the soldiers who were behind the concrete wall fired  rubber bullets , stun grenades ,tear gas and waste water mixed with chemicals towards the participants, resulting in the injury of a citizen as well as  the suffocation of dozens of citizens and Israeli peace activists and international activists .They were treated on the ground, then clashes erupted between the participants and soldiers of the occupation that lasted for hours, during which stones were thrown at the soldiers behind the wall..

On the other hand, the Fateh movement and the  Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in organized  a festival, in honor of the martyr Basem Abo Rahma on the third anniversary of his death which took place at the liberated territories after Friday prayers. Sameer Bornat a member of the Popular Committee, was the coordinator of the event. The festival began by reading passages from the Koran and listening to the national anthym and a minute of silence for the lives of the martyrs of the Palestinian people.There were many speakers ,the first speech was by the Fatah speaker, Sultan Abul Enein.He started with a greeting to the martyrs and the prisoners and the people of Bil'in, and spoke in memory of the three martyrs Alkamalen and Abu Yousef Al Najjar and the memory of Abu Jihad Khalil Al Wzeer . This coincided with the anniversary of the name Abo Rahma and also  with the memory of Prisoners' Day. Despite all obstacles, the Palestinians insist firmly on the right to establish a Palestinian state and achieve peace, not peace, which is imposed  by  Israel .  No Palestinian will ever give up this Palestinian constant. Abdel Rahim Mallouh, deputy secretary general of the Popular Front  quoted in his speech on national movement  our great poet, Mahmoud Darwish:"On this land what makes life worth living" and you are united in  the struggle for the liberation of this spot of land and we are with you and we will stay with you to liberate the remainder of the land ,to return refugees to their homes and to establish a free Palestinian state, and tell them that on this earth stand firm and fight and for this land that we will die for and we live for our nation and our ideal of Palestine, and stressed the need to complete the national reconciliation.The Palestine 48 Mohamed Al Baraka confirmed :" This celebration is something of loyalty to the Palestine martyrs. Bil'in freedom martyr , Darwish said "We love life, and find a way  to it " and  Bassem could not find the  way, but died for the sake of Palestine, and he also added that if this weekly struggle has managed the removal of this wall we should  hold on to our message  to be stronger in our popular resistance, and if we were able to bring down the wall here ,the circle of popular resistance will expand .The people can not win and achieve victory without  Palestinian national unity. In her speech on Palestinian women Magda Al masrie , Minister of Social Affairs, said dear people of Bil'in , you set an example for resistance and unity  ,that forced the enemy and  settlers to retreat and to be defeated .In his speech martyr Bassem's brother Ahmed Abu Rahma stressed national unity and the continued activation of the Popular Resistance and strengthening the steadfastness of the citizens of their land and greeted our heroic prisoners in the prisons of the occupation, which marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Abo Rahma with the memory of Palestinian Prisoners' Day. At the end of the eulogy Rateb Abu Rahma, member of the Preparatory Committee, gave a  final statement of the Conference of the International Conference of the popular resistance and finally  Palestine TV was honored for its  excellence in media coverage of events in the village of Bil'in.

Friday, solidarity with the captive prisoner Marwan Barghouti.

 Bil'in - Palestine 6/4/2012.
Dozens of cases of suffocation from the poison gas in the village of Bil'in west of Ramallah.

Dozens of cases of suffocation by poison gas were marked in the weekly march which organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in and settlements, the march come in solidarity with the prisoner leader Marwan Barghouti, who was isolated by the prison administration, and with the prisoners on hunger strike. The demonstration included participation of two delegations from Norway in addition to the residents of Bil'in, international and Israeli peace activists.

The march began after Friday prayers from the center of the village heading to land which was liberated a few months ago. Participants raised Palestinian flags, yellow banners drawing with a picture of the leader Marwan Barghouti, and they chanted slogans calling for national unity, slogans calling for destruction of the apartheid wall and for the departure of the occupation, slogans calling for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, and they call on Palestinians to remain faithful of Palestinian constants.
  Upon the arrival of participants to Abu Lemon area, they made some holes then they were able to break through the barbed wire, then the soldiers Who were situated behind the concrete wall shot rubber bullets, stun grenades, tear gas and waste water mixed with chemicals towards the participants which caused dozens of injuries cases of suffocation, all of them were treated on the ground. Some of the participants threw stones to the soldiers Who were behind the wall.

For its part, The Popular Committee condemned the Israeli Practices against the prisoner Marwan Barghouti, prisoners on hunger strike and the policy of administrative detention, and it also called the society
institutions and human rights to stop the racist policies against the all Palestinian prisoners.