Bilin weekly demonstration reenacts the Avatar film
Date: 12/02/2010
The village of Bilin reenacted James Cameron’s new film Avatar during todays weekly demonstration. Five Palestinian, Israeli and international activists were painted blue, with pointy ears and tales, resembling the Avatar characters. Like Palestinians, the Avatars fight imperialism, although the colonizers have different origins. The Avatars presence in Bilin today symbolizes the united resistance to imperialism of all kinds.
Todays non-violent demonstration was again met with excessive violence by the Israeli army. Sound bombs and tear gas were used, leaving four people directly injured by the canisters. The canisters were shot directly at the protesters, which is in violation with the IDFs firing regulations. Many other activists suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Before coming to Bilin, Israeli activists reported that police were present at their carpool meeting point. Their IDs were checked and some cars reported they were followed by the police. At the Rantis checkpoint, they were delayed once more and activists were obliged to continue their journey by taxi.
Bilin has reason to celebrate this week. Yesterday, preparations for the construction of the new Wall began, which returns 30 per cent of Bilins land to the village. Iyad Burnat, Head of the Bilin Popular Committee speaks of a victory: We feel relieved and feel the non-violent resistance is successful in its aim. Nevertheless, we will continue our struggle against the occupation as Bilin still has another 30 per cent of land that is confiscated by Israel.
Next week Bilin will have a special demonstration, celebrating five years of non-violent resistance and expects a large number of demonstrators. Bilin calls for all its supporters to invite people to join in next weeks demonstration.
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Pelestinian …
Pelestinian terrorist will burn in hell, soon or later!!!!
lolz, oh yeah right …
lolz, oh yeah right.
pallies r pathetic. only reason people like them is because they fight the jews. when they fight the arabs – lebanon civil war, black september, etc…no cries from the left.
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@ImNeilPatrickHarris
its Israel which sucks money form lots of sources exploiting victims of the past
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this is so awesome. …
this is so awesome. pallywood is pathetic.
spend less time throwing israelis doing their job, and maybe, oh i dont know – get a life?
u receive more money than haiti, congo, and somalia combined!
ur leadership is richer than the queen of england!
u r not the “navi” from avatar. you r a political tool exploited by leftists to bash israel.
not a single country on earth would tolerate this crap. good luck throwing stones, or fire bombs at americans in Iraq or Afghanistan.
U get a shot 4 less!
It was shown many …
It was shown many times around the world. The problem is that Palestinians don’t want to negotiate. Israel tried it, if you followed this conflict a bit though.
I wonder how you …
I wonder how you people ignore the fact that there were times, when 3 years by the raw Israel didn’t answer at all, while palestinians were killing, exploading jews. You can’t remember it? Or just don’t want? Israel tried to negotiate with Palestine, but arabs said opened that the only thing they want is that Israel should stop existing
It’s just much …
It’s just much easier to acclaim the war and kill… they are the best to it! Israel defends their land which belongs to them from JC times, even before. What the hell? It’s the arabs who have an inhuman behavior, using politics to affect on your, people, minds
That’s what Arabs …
That’s what Arabs want – just to create the world halifat. Their Koran is appealing to kill. They hate jews, cas jews created a wealth and prosper country, while arabs are too lazy to lift their and to work hard…
Inhumane behavior?? …
Inhumane behavior?? It’s not Israels who explode themselves and take so many lives, it’s not Israels who uses children as a shield for defense of so called liberty. It’s not Israels who learn their children to hold weapons and kill!
I personally like …
I personally like the Jewish people and I think they have contributed immensely to humanity including international laws making genocide a crime. I support the idea that the Jewish people should have a homeland whee they can live in peace. But the only acceptable way for that to happen is to create a state in which both Jews and Palestinians live together in peace and are afforded the exact same rights under the law with no distinctions being made and no illegal segregation being enforced.
No it is the …
No it is the Israelis and their inhumane behavior that is making the world see them in a very negative light. Until Israeli policy towards the Palestinians changes the Israeli’s image in the world will only deteriorate further.
This time …
This time Palestinians demanded statehood since West Bank and Gaza was captured by Jews and not Arabs. In Camp David, Clilnton tried to broker peace. Israel offered to return West Bank, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem. Arafat rejected it. His aim was still to destroy Israel. And the purpose is still the same – Israel mustn’t exist.
800,000 Jews were …
800,000 Jews were expelled from Arab countries without compensation. Israel took them in. Arab governments with the exception of Jordan refused to take in Arab refugees and herded them into camps behind barb wires. Those who tried to escape were shot. In 1967, Arab governments tried to destroy Israel again. But Israel struck first and defeated them. The West Bank and Gaza were captured.
The Arabs were …
The Arabs were defeated. Israel offered to return the captured land and even take back 100,000 refugees in exchange for peace with its neighbours. The Arabs refused. The West Bank was annexed by Jordan and Gaza was annexed by Egypt. Nobody complained. No Palestinian demands for statehood from Gazans and West Bankers.
Six Arab nations …
Six Arab nations invaded with genocidal intentions. Arabs were encouraged by Arab governments to leave their homes. They thought the Jews were finished and could return once the fighting is over. Those who stayed were given citizenship and were not killed.
Peel recommended …
Peel recommended partitioning the land between Arabs and Jews. The Jews accepted but the Arabs rejected. In 1948 the British left and passed the buck to the UN. The UN voted for partition. The Jews accepted but as usual, the Arabs rejected – wanting all of Palestine.
Oh, really??? What …
Oh, really??? What about this?
Jews started coming to Palestine during Ottoman times which then was barren and sparsely populated. They bought land from the effendi (wealthy land-owning Arabs and Turks) which were thought to be useless. Jews turned useless lands into productive farm land and attracted Arab workers into the region. After WW1, the British came and the trouble started. The British were unable to stop attacks by jealous Arabs on the Jews.
“any how why do the …
“any how why do the palestinians dont have to pay for what the rest did to the jews.”
Not only the other Arab nations like Iraq, Egypt, etc..that expeled the Jewish pop. & stole their propertys, but also Palestinian Arab who take part in ethnic cleaning. They also threated to put all of us out, and they still do. Also, look at the PLO charter–they say how they are part the same “watan” (nation) like all other Arabs, they cannot be divided, blabla, they say this! So theyre guilty with them.
“any how why do the …
“any how why do the palestinians dont have to pay for what the rest did to the jews.”
But you miss the point–the PALESTINIANS (who back in 1947-1948 never even call themselfs “Palestinians” !) expeled and ethnicaly cleaned their Jewish neighbours from all of what became called West Bank & Eastern Jerusalem, and Jordanians (who are the same, esentialy as the Palestinians) put a total banning of any Jews from areas living under their control. Israel never banned Arabs totaly from our country.
@sweetcopen Prior …
@sweetcopen Prior to 1945 there was NO conflict between Jews, Muslims or Arabs. Historically Muslims gave Jews salvation from pogroms committed by Christians, one of many examples was in 1492 when Sultan Bayezid II accepted the expelled Jews of Spain with open arms when European Christians were killing them.
OMG, arabs now are …
OMG, arabs now are avatars )))) One way more to play this f… political game. I must admit, Palestine is very good at it… Tired to see how they make world to see jews as monsters
The Jordanians & …
The Jordanians & Palestinians is esentialy the same thing anyways–even the “East Bank” of whats called Jordanian Kingdom mostly sits on what you can historicly call “Palestine” and a majority of its population, including the QUEEN of the country regard themselves Palestinian. So a Palestine state exists already–its Jordan. In the end, the most of the West Bank Arabs will unite again mostly with Jordan-its a naturel solution–they are the same people-but we Jews wont be ethnicly cleaned again
@gamzule
blah blah …
@gamzule
blah blah blah
the british gave the west bank to jordan and the rest to the jews, the jordanians and the israelis had a nice play and israel ended up with the whole country courtersy of the Britts
any how why do the palestinians dont have to pay for what the rest did to the jews.
I think that was a …
I think that was a nice way to manifest peacefully… It’s terrible that they were attacked like that when they weren’t doing anything…