A Palestinian activist digging to uncover evidence

On February 11th 2007, the Civil Administration's Planning Board published an ad in Ha'aretz to notify the public that it decided to approve the new scheme for the Matityahu East neighborhood in the settlement Modi'in Illit, on the lands of Bil'in west of the wall. Under the Planning Law affective in the West Bank, the scheme will be valid 15 days after the publication of the ad.

On that very day, a group of Palestinians, Israelis and Internationalists decided to provide a solid proof that the Planning Board approved a scheme although the conditions that very board stipulated were not met yet. And such a proof was indeed provided.

Soldiers pushing off a Palestinian demonstrator

Except for the nice weather which brought out larger than usual number of young people from the village, things progressed as the have usually done in the last few weeks. Of course, for the west bank, a typical demonstration includes the shedding of demonstrators' blood. This has become just as ordinary as speeches being made at a demonstration in other parts of the world. Several light injuries were inflicted by clubs and concussion grenades.

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An activist attaching the razor wire to a chain. Picture: activestills.org

For the second time in a month activists from Anarchists Against the Wall blocked one of Tel Aviv's busiest streets using razor wire taken from the segregation wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in. In a replica of an action on December 28th, the activists brought Rothschild Street in downtown Tel Aviv to a standstill this afternoon at around 3 pm.

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Demonstrators dismantling razor wire fortifications of the wall

Heading this week’s demonstration was a big sign reading "the internal killings" with mock nooses tied to it, and around the necks of a few Palestinian demonstrators, who were calling for an end to Palestinian infighting harming the struggle against the occupation. About a hundred villagers were joined by thirty international activists and Israelis from the Anarchists Against the Wall initiative.

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A Palestinian demonstrator attacked by soldiers

This week’s larger than usual demonstration in Bil’in was characterized by a strategy of escalation on the army’s side. Demonstrators were attacked by border police with a concussion grenade inside the village, even before reaching the gate, and marksmen with live ammunition were spotted.

Graffiti in Tel Aviv reading: Abir Aramin R.I.P, 1995-2007, murdered by Israeli border police

Over a thousand posters were posted all around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, bringing up the little published story of the murder of 11 year old Abir Aramin from the Palestinian village Anata, near Jerusalem.