Bilin Popular Committee

Criminalizing Peaceful Protest: Israel Jails Another Palestinian Gandhi

Joseph Dana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zionism, Bil'In, Occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bil'in Popular Committee, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Palestine, World News, World News
Joseph Dana

On Tuesday, nonviolent grassroots Palestinian leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah was found guilty by an Israeli military court of "incitement, and organizing and participating in illegal demonstrations."

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Another Palestinian Gandhi Crushed by Israel

Joseph Dana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bil'In, Benjamin Netanyahu, Zionism, Bil'in Popular Committee, Barack Obama, Israel, Occupation, World News
Joseph Dana

Commentators of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often complain that there has not yet been a legitimate Palestinian Gandhi or MLK to emerge from within Palestinian civil society. But the reality is that there are many.

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The Navi of Bil'in (Video)

Majida Abu Rahmah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonviolence, Demonstrations, Video, Bil'in Popular Committee, Avatar, Middle East Peace, World News
Majida Abu Rahmah

For the last five years our village, Bil'in, has been holding weekly protests against the apartheid wall and settlement built on our land. In Bil'in we fight against the theft of our land with creative nonviolence.

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An Account of Life on the West Bank

Lamia Khatib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israel Security Wall, West Bank, Bil'in Popular Committee, West Bank Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Relations, Israel, World News
Lamia Khatib

On August 3, my husband Mohammed Khatib, and my little brother Abdullah, were taken from their beds in our West Bank village of Bil'in at 3 a.m. by the Israeli military.

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