Bil'in Weekly Protest 24 04 2009

Bil'in Weekly Protest 24 04 2009 final:

Bil'in : 25 injured in weekly protest against the Wall
Source: IMEMC
Saturday April 25, 2009 02:16

On Friday Israeli soldiers violently attacked the weekly non-violent protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, injuring 25 protesters. 13 soldiers were reportedly injured in clashes that took place after the army attacked the protestors.

Dozens of residents and peace activists marched towards the Wall and settlements chanting slogans in memory of Bassem Abu Rahma, who was killed by the army in the previous week's protest.

Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the protesters. Two local reporters, Fadi Al Arouri of Reuters and Moheeb Al Barghouthi of Al Hayat Al Jadeeda Newspaper were among those injured. Shai Pollack, an Israeli peace activist, was also wounded.

Local sources in Bil’in identified the wounded local protesters as Fadil Al Khateeb, Odah Abu Rahma, his brother Ahmad, Eyad Bornat, his brother Riyadh, Khalid Al Khateeb, Abdullah Abu Rahma, Mohammad Al Khateeb, Wael Fahmi, Taeq Al Khateeb, Abdullah Yassin, Tamer Al Khateeb, Nizar Abu Rahma, Mohammad Abu Rahma, Ibrahim Bornat, Adeeb Abu Rahma, and Ahmad Abu Rahma, brother of Bassim Abu Rahma, the man killed by the army last week.

The protest began after the conclusion of the Fourth Annual Conference on Non-violent Resistance in Bil’in.

Among those who took part in the conference were delegations from South Africa, the Catalan government, and Luisa Morgantini, vice-president of the European Parliament as well as Palestinian officials PM Salam Fayyad, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, and member of the Legislative Council Khalida Jarrar.

The protesters erected a memorial to Bassem Abu Rahma in spite of the army’s attacks on them.

“We managed to erect the memorial” Morgantini stated, “We will never forget you Bassem, you were a friend to all of us, we must continue the non-violent resistance and help spread it all over the country”.



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