Bilin anti-Apartheid Wall Victory! Wall Rerouted.
jubilee | 04.09.2007 19:44 | World
Democracy Now reports Israeli supreme court has ordered dismantling and rerouting of apartheid wall after a three year graas roots campaign against it.
Israeli Court Orders Re-Routing of West Bank Wall
Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the state to re-route part of its West Bank separation wall around the Palestinian village of Bilin. For nearly three years residents of Bilin and international peace activists have held weekly non-violent demonstrations against the wall because it cuts off a large part of their farming land. Bilin's mayor Ahmed Issa Abdallah Yassin hailed the court ruling as a victory but he said protests will continue until the wall is eliminated. Israel is building a 425 mile wall through the West Bank to separate Palestinian residents and Jewish settlers. In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling that parts of the wall are illegal and should be torn down but Israel has vowed to complete the project.
Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the state to re-route part of its West Bank separation wall around the Palestinian village of Bilin. For nearly three years residents of Bilin and international peace activists have held weekly non-violent demonstrations against the wall because it cuts off a large part of their farming land. Bilin's mayor Ahmed Issa Abdallah Yassin hailed the court ruling as a victory but he said protests will continue until the wall is eliminated. Israel is building a 425 mile wall through the West Bank to separate Palestinian residents and Jewish settlers. In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling that parts of the wall are illegal and should be torn down but Israel has vowed to complete the project.
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