Hundreds of Palestinians along with international and Israeli delegates started on Wednesday the fifth annual conference on popular resistance in village of Bil'in near the central west Bank city of Ramallah.
In addition to Palestinian ministers, European Union, and United States officials joined the opening of the conference. Bil’in is site of weekly nonviolent protest against the wall and settlements for the past five years.
..........In September 2007, following lengthy legal procedings and non-stop resistance by the villagers and their supporters, the Israeli high court ruled to shift the wall from its planned route in a manner that will retrieve half of the land confiscated by the Israeli military.
Since the start of the Bil’in village protests five years ago Israeli and international supporters have joined the residents’ struggle.
..........In September 2007, following lengthy legal procedings and non-stop resistance by the villagers and their supporters, the Israeli high court ruled to shift the wall from its planned route in a manner that will retrieve half of the land confiscated by the Israeli military.
Since the start of the Bil’in village protests five years ago Israeli and international supporters have joined the residents’ struggle.
.......Bil’in conference will end on Friday with the regular weekly protest, last year the military killed Bassem Abu Rahma, a local activist during one of those protests.
Abu Rahma was killed when a gas cansiter fired by Israeli troops hit him directly in the chest at a short range. Full story
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