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‘A consciousness free of occupation’: Bil’in marks 10 years of popular struggle

The village that managed to unite the world behind the spirit of nonviolent Palestinian protest marks not only a decade of tear gas, night raids and tragedy, but also of co-resistance and victories in its struggle against settlements, the separation barrier and the occupation. Anyone who has visited the West Bank village of Bil’in on…

By Haggai Matar February 26, 2015

IDF drags its feet on investigation into Palestinian woman’s death in Bil’in

Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, died the morning after inhaling massive amounts of tear gas at a protest in Bil’in last year. The exact cause of her death, however, is still unclear. Why has the army refused to open an investigation into the matter and where does the case stand? A report from one of the…

By +972 Magazine July 25, 2012

Mustafa Tamimi: A murder captured on camera

Mustafa Tamimi of Nabi Saleh died yesterday morning in Beilinson Hospital. There’s no debate over the cause of death: Tamimi was shot in the head at close range during the weekly demonstration in his village. The weapon: a high force, long range tear gas canister. According to a number of witnesses, backed up by photographs,…

By Haggai Matar December 11, 2011

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A protester , injured from tear gas, lies on the ground during the weekly protest against the Israeli wall in the West Bank village of Bilin, June 24, 2011 (photo: oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Among tear gas and injuries, Bil’in celebrates victory

Hundreds gathered in the West bank village to witness the removal of the Separation Wall after more than six years of protest, but the IDF was in vindictive mood Bil’in, West Bank – It was a hot Friday in Bil’in – one of those early summer days here that remind you what to expect come…

By Noam Sheizaf June 25, 2011

Peace Signs on the Wall in Ni'ilin Picture Credit: Joseph Dana/popularstruggle.org

Tears and gas: a call to mobilise

Originally published on Al Jazzera English with Jesse Rosenfeld. As 2010 came to a close in the West Bank under the regular, weekly cloud of teargas experienced among the villages bordering Israel’s 1967 Green Line, 2011 started with the death of Palestinian woman from the village of Bil’in and the arrest of 19 Israeli activists in the…

By Joseph Dana January 14, 2011

Israel’s public relations policy: never apologise, always confuse

Originally published in The National with Jesse Rosenfeld Never believe the Israeli army killed an unarmed civilian until it’s officially denied. This paraphrasing of Mark Twain’s “never believe anything until it has officially been denied,” should become a mantra for journalists operating in the Middle East.It is a point reinforced recently by the death of…

By Joseph Dana January 12, 2011

Photojournalist Mati Milstein surrounded by a cloud of tear gas. Bil'in, 31 December 2010 (photo: Fadi Arouri)

In the West Bank, everyone knows there’s no accountability

The death last week of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rhamah, after she inhaled tear gas at a demonstration, has received a great deal of publicity, making her into a symbol of the violent means the Israeli army uses to maintain its control over the West Bank. Many commentators are parsing the incident as if it…

By Lisa Goldman January 9, 2011

Israelis pushing for BDS?

Israeli activists push for ‘BDS’ in Boston

Dozens of American, Israeli and Palestinian protesters gathered Friday in front of the Israeli consulate in Boston to mark the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah. Jawaher was killed by American made tear gas fired by the IDF on New Years Eve during a weekly unarmed demonstration in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The Boston…

By Joseph Dana January 8, 2011

Bil'in Marches for Jawahar Abu Rahmah. Picture: Activestills.org

“Gas won’t tear us apart”: a return to Bil’in

Hundreds march in Bil’in to commemorate Jawaher Abu Rahmah, the 36-year-old woman who was killed last week in an unarmed demonstration against the separation wall. The former vice president of the European Parliament, Lusia Morgantini and a current Israeli Parliament member Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) joined the demonstration which was lead by over thirty women’s organizations…

By Joseph Dana January 7, 2011

mohammed al durrah footage (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/Habacuc_1988)

101: How to make a martyr, from al-Durrah to Abu Rahmah

Mohammed al-Durrah and Jawaher Abu Rahmah were both Palestinians who lost their lives to the conflict. Both deaths – 12-year old al- Durrah in 2000, and Jawaher Abu Rahmah this past Friday (31 December) – came to symbolize the Palestinian struggle against occupation. And in both cases, those who are desperate to prove Israel’s innocence…

By Dahlia Scheindlin January 4, 2011

A child in Bil'in, carrying a gas mask (Yossi Gurvitz)

Spin’s “senior source” revealed: Who briefed the rightist bloggers?

The IDF speaks in two voices in the Jawaher Abu Rahmah affair – because it knows its case is weak On Monday the IDF went on a coordinated media offensive against the Bil’in activists and the Abu Rahmah family, claiming not only that Jawahar Abu Rahmah was not killed as a result of inhaling IDF…

By Yossi Gurvitz January 4, 2011

IDF on Bil’in: spins, half-truths and lies

Jawahar Abu-Rahmah of Bil’in was rushed to Ramallah hospital last Friday during an unarmed protest against the fence in her village. She passed away Saturday morning. Her death gained relatively wide publicity, and the IDF scramble to pushing its own version of the story, first claiming that Abu-Rahamh took part in a violent riot, and…

By Noam Sheizaf January 4, 2011

A Palestinian man in Bil'in breathes in a plastic bag while surrounded by tear gas (photo: Oren Ziv/activestills.org)

Evidence discredits army’s version of Bil’in woman’s death

The following is a detailed response to the army’s claims regarding the death on 1 January 2011 of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who was taken to the hospital on 31 December after inhaling tear gas at the weekly demonstration against the separation barrier in Bil’in, a small Palestinian village near Ramallah. The response was written by…

By Lisa Goldman January 4, 2011