Haitham Khatib

A resident of Bil'in protests with a poster of Ziad Abu Ein, who died during an unarmed demonstration last year. (photo: Haggai Matar)
The Palestinian village that refuses to give up on popular struggle
Even after 11 years of struggle, the residents of Bil’in refuse to forget about the land that was taken from them. The year was 2006. The village Bil’in near Ramallah had already marked over a year of weekly protests against the separation barrier that cuts them off from their land. One day, during a hearing…
By Haggai Matar December 12, 2015
An IDF drone hovers above the West Bank village of Bil'in. (photo: Haitham Khatib)
The IDF’s new tool for tracking Palestinian protesters: Drones
What has four propellors and a camera? Participants in the weekly protests against the separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in were surprised Friday to find that the army was using a new tool to put down the demonstrations. For the first time, a small drone equipped with four propellors and a camera…
By Haggai Matar August 15, 2015
Palestinian protesters hide during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bil'in. (photo: Haitham Khatib)
New books document 10 years of protest in Bil’in
‘Occupied Palestine Through My Lens’ is a visual chronicle of the West Bank village’s struggle against the Israeli separation barrier. ‘Children of Bil’in’ is a book of portraits of youngsters from the village, the proceeds of which will benefit Palestinian children with cancer. When the bulldozers arrived in Bil’in for the first time, in February…
By Haggai Matar April 3, 2015
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