Four years on, nothing has changed in this West Bank village fighting the encroachment of Israeli settlers
Seth Freedman
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 February 2009
"Exactly two years ago, I made one of my first post-army forays into the West Bank, travelling to the village of Bil'in where the locals had been fighting a losing battle against the construction of Israel's separation wall. The demonstration that day marked the second anniversary of the residents' struggle against the occupiers' encroachment on their land; there was blood, sweat and teargas spilt, as had been the case during every week of their battle with the IDF.
I returned to Bil'in's olive groves to mark the fourth year of their fight for justice. Despite court rulings in the townsfolks' favour that demanded the route of the wall be shifted away from their farmland, nothing has changed. The wall still stands, the olive trees are still uprooted, and the border police still meet every protest with volley after volley of teargas, rubber and live bullets........"
Seth Freedman
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 February 2009
"Exactly two years ago, I made one of my first post-army forays into the West Bank, travelling to the village of Bil'in where the locals had been fighting a losing battle against the construction of Israel's separation wall. The demonstration that day marked the second anniversary of the residents' struggle against the occupiers' encroachment on their land; there was blood, sweat and teargas spilt, as had been the case during every week of their battle with the IDF.
I returned to Bil'in's olive groves to mark the fourth year of their fight for justice. Despite court rulings in the townsfolks' favour that demanded the route of the wall be shifted away from their farmland, nothing has changed. The wall still stands, the olive trees are still uprooted, and the border police still meet every protest with volley after volley of teargas, rubber and live bullets........"
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