Comments on: Speaking Out for Non-violent Resistance: The Story of Bil’in Comes to the UK http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/speaking-out-for-non-violent-resistance-the-story-of-bil%e2%80%99in-comes-to-the-uk/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Olivia Snaije http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/speaking-out-for-non-violent-resistance-the-story-of-bil%e2%80%99in-comes-to-the-uk/#comment-21161 Olivia Snaije Mon, 26 May 2008 15:53:43 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=1943#comment-21161 Monday May 26, 2008 Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli army started on Monday morning to install homes on lands that belong to villagers from Bil'in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Iyad Burnat, of the local committee against the wall and settlement construction, said that villagers noticed the construction since early morning on Monday. Villagers tried to reach their land in order to stop the settlers but Israeli troops prevented them from crossing the wall. A group of men from the village were staying over night in there land managed to come close to the trucks installing the mobile homes of the settlers and stopped them by standing infornt of them, Burnat stated. He added that the men will continue to block the trucks way in an attempt to stop the destruction of the villagers lands. In 2007 the villagers of Bil'in won an Israeli high court of Justice decision to remove the Israeli wall that separates the village from its land and move it away. The Israeli army refused to comply with the order for "security reasons." The court ruling also forbids the settlers from expanding the settlement of Mitetyaho Mizrah which is built on the village land. Today settlers came and installed six mobile homes on the villagers' land in a clear sign that they are going to expand their settlement, Burnat said. Burnat demanded more involvement form the Palestinian Authority and he asked for the freeze of negotiations with Israel since Israel refuses to respect any agreements with the Palestinians. Last November the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks were revived by the U.S on the basis of the Road Map peace plan. According to the Road Map plan Israel must stop all settlement activity in the West Bank. The villagers of Bil'in have been conducting weekly nonviolent protests against the Israeli wall and settlements for a little over three years. Burnat told IMEMC that the villagers of Bil'in will continue their resistance and the legal work in the Israeli court system. http://www.imemc.org/article/55064 Monday May 26, 2008
Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli army started on Monday morning to install homes on lands that belong to villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Iyad Burnat, of the local committee against the wall and settlement construction, said that villagers noticed the construction since early morning on Monday. Villagers tried to reach their land in order to stop the settlers but Israeli troops prevented them from crossing the wall.

A group of men from the village were staying over night in there land managed to come close to the trucks installing the mobile homes of the settlers and stopped them by standing infornt of them, Burnat stated. He added that the men will continue to block the trucks way in an attempt to stop the destruction of the villagers lands.

In 2007 the villagers of Bil’in won an Israeli high court of Justice decision to remove the Israeli wall that separates the village from its land and move it away. The Israeli army refused to comply with the order for “security reasons.”

The court ruling also forbids the settlers from expanding the settlement of Mitetyaho Mizrah which is built on the village land. Today settlers came and installed six mobile homes on the villagers’ land in a clear sign that they are going to expand their settlement, Burnat said.

Burnat demanded more involvement form the Palestinian Authority and he asked for the freeze of negotiations with Israel since Israel refuses to respect any agreements with the Palestinians.

Last November the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks were revived by the U.S on the basis of the Road Map peace plan. According to the Road Map plan Israel must stop all settlement activity in the West Bank.

The villagers of Bil’in have been conducting weekly nonviolent protests against the Israeli wall and settlements for a little over three years. Burnat told IMEMC that the villagers of Bil’in will continue their resistance and the legal work in the Israeli court system.
http://www.imemc.org/article/55064

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There’s also general information on http://www.palsolidarity.org/

]]> By: Hugh http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/speaking-out-for-non-violent-resistance-the-story-of-bil%e2%80%99in-comes-to-the-uk/#comment-19801 Hugh Sun, 04 May 2008 01:11:47 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=1943#comment-19801 That "wall of Shame" has saved a lot of lives, both Arab as well as Jew since it's been built. But that's OK, no one expects you to notice. That “wall of Shame” has saved a lot of lives, both Arab as well as Jew since it’s been built. But that’s OK, no one expects you to notice.

]]> By: John Hatch http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/speaking-out-for-non-violent-resistance-the-story-of-bil%e2%80%99in-comes-to-the-uk/#comment-19790 John Hatch Sat, 03 May 2008 22:54:40 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=1943#comment-19790 It's revealing that an America that was so vocal about the Berlin Wall is so silent about Israel's Wall of Shame. It’s revealing that an America that was so vocal about the Berlin Wall is so silent about Israel’s Wall of Shame.

]]> By: Mike McNiven http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/speaking-out-for-non-violent-resistance-the-story-of-bil%e2%80%99in-comes-to-the-uk/#comment-19773 Mike McNiven Sat, 03 May 2008 18:57:56 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=1943#comment-19773 the following site has some info about what is going on in London and other places with regard to the Palestinian Rights: www.globalwomenstrike.net the following site has some info about what is going on in London and other places with regard to the Palestinian Rights:

http://www.globalwomenstrike.net

]]> By: mary http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/speaking-out-for-non-violent-resistance-the-story-of-bil%e2%80%99in-comes-to-the-uk/#comment-19738 mary Sat, 03 May 2008 12:53:39 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=1943#comment-19738 'Hosted by the UK non-profit organization, The Peace Cycle, Burnat is on a speaking tour in the UK and Ireland this month along with George S. Rishmawi, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement and a resident of Beit Sahour, a Palestinian suburb of Bethlehem known for non-violent resistance.' According to the Peace Cycle website, the UK speaking tour mentioned in the article finished in April. ‘Hosted by the UK non-profit organization, The Peace Cycle, Burnat is on a speaking tour in the UK and Ireland this month along with George S. Rishmawi, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement and a resident of Beit Sahour, a Palestinian suburb of Bethlehem known for non-violent resistance.’

According to the Peace Cycle website, the UK speaking tour mentioned in the article finished in April.

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