Bil’in, Palestine continues to maintain weekly protests against Israel’s apartheid wall, demonstrations which have attracted international attention. Israel’s apartheid wall annexes large parts of Bil’in village lands, essential lands for the small agricultural village in the West Bank. In recent weeks Israeli military forces have been carrying out night-time raids on Bil’in, targeting key Palestinian community activists for arrest, including Mohammad Khatib of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements
A protest in solidarity with Bil’in, Palestine took to the street in downtown Montreal on Friday, August 7th, to denounce the ongoing night-time raids on Bil’in and string of arrests by the Israeli military targeting Palestinian community activists. Israeli military forces have been launching night incursions into the village throughout recent weeks and targeting the homes of members of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
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To Whom It May Concern: I write to support Mohammad Khatib, from the village of Bil’in. Mr. Katiib visited Ottawa in June of this year. I was fortunate to be one of the Canadian Members of Parliament who met him, on Parliament Hill. We heard in detail the history of his village and the work of the local community to draw attention to the impact of the barrier fence on the village.
update on Mohammad Khatib and Biliners abducted by the Israeli occupation forces
Photo: ActiveStills. Israeli occupation forces launch tear-gas on protest in Bil’in
The Military Prosecution is claiming that the 7 people taken from their homes during the night raid that took place in Bil’in on August 3rd are suspected of stone throwing. A leading member of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, non-violent activist Mohammad Khatib, is accused of incitement to “damage the security of the area.”
Le militant Mohammed Khatib, qui a traîné deux compagnies québécoises devant la Cour supérieure, est arrêté par l’armée israélienne
Mohammed Khatib, un producteur de poulets palestinien qui accuse deux sociétés québécoises de crimes de guerre devant la Cour supérieure du Québec, a été fait prisonnier par l’armée israélienne à Bil’in, en Cisjordanie, dans la nuit de lundi.
Des dizaines de soldats israéliens auraient fait irruption aux aurores lundi dans le village de Bil’in, situé à l’ouest de Ramallah, en Cisjordanie, et ont appréhendé 20 personnes, selon le collectif de soutien aux droits du peuple palestinien Tadamon. «Deux cents soldats sont arrivés dans le village palestinien. Ils étaient déguisés et masqués ou maquillés. Il s’agit d’arrestations arbitraires», affirme la porte-parole de Tadamon, Sarah. Celle-ci appelle à la libération immédiate de ces derniers.
A couple of months ago I spent a fortnight in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement – activists who help Palestinians non-violently resist Israeli oppression. The most pressing of many issues during my stay was the attempts by an Israeli settler company, Nahalat Shimon, backed by the Israeli courts, to cleanse East Jerusalem of its Arab population, focusing its efforts at that time on the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
une action de solidarité pour la libération immédiate de Mohammad Khatib
Lundi, tôt le matin, des soldats israéliens, le visage peint et portant des masques, ont envahi le village de Bil’in. Les soldats ont perquisitionné plusieurs maisons et ont arrêté deux enfants palestiniens et cinq adultes, dont Mohammad Khatib du Comité populaire contre le mur et les colonies de Bil’in.
En juin 2009, Mohammad Khatib a fait une tournée pan-canadienne pour parler du procès historique de Bil’in contre deux compagnies québecoises Green Park International et Green Mount International, toutes deux impliquées dans la construction de colonies israéliennes illégales sur les terres du village palestinien de Bil’in.
Le militant palestinien Mohammad Khatib a aussi parlé dans plusieurs importants médias canadiens et s’est exprimé publiquement dans onze villes canadiennes, avec Emily Schaeffer, une avocate israélienne qui représente le village de Bil’in, s’adressant ainsi à des centaines de personnes à travers le Canada.
