11 November 2006

Barbarism in Bil'in

This is what happened at just one of the weekly non-violent demonstrations against the illegal theft of land at Bil'in.



This list of the casualties comes from the International Solidarity Movement site...

  • Lymor Goldstein, an Israeli lawyer, shot with 3 rubber bullets at close range, with injuries to head and neck. He is currently undergoing surgery.
  • Two villagers, El Haj Wa’el Fahene and Nimer Mustafa Abu Rahma were both shot with rubber bullets to their backs and legs.
  • Gavin from UK, beaten
  • Martin from Sweden, beaten
  • Rina from Denmark, hit with a rifle butt on side of head
  • Jonathon from Israel, shot with rubber bullet
  • Uri a 20 year old from Israel, struck by rubber bullet
  • Rojo Didier from France (43 years old), shot with rubber bullet in back and leg
  • Jonas from USA, struck with rubber bullets on hip and leg
  • Cheryl aged 45 from USA, struck with rubber bullet to the back
  • Margaret from UK, struck by exploding sound grenade
  • Yoshki, a 22 year old journalist from Japan, shot by rubber bullet
  • Abudullah Abu Rahma, beaten

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