Neujahrswünsche aus Bi´lin erhalten, ich gebe sie an euch weiter- updated
Dear Ursula,
At the threshold of the New Year, I write to wish you a new year of freedom and liberation. This has been an unbelievable year for me in both highs and lows. A year during which I have witnessed how, despite repression, ordinary people all across Palestine take to the streets for freedom.
In my village, Bil’in, thousands of people marched on the Wall today to take it down. During the demonstration, one protestor, a 36 year old resident of the village, Jawaher Abu-Rahmah, was critically injured by severe tear-gas inhalation. She is currently hospitalized in Ramallah, unresponsive to medical treatment as the doctors are fighting for her life.
Bil’in has been struggling for almost six years against the Wall that was built on our lands. The illegality and absurdity of this wall has been recognized worldwide, and even by the Israeli Supreme Court, which ruled it must be dismantled over three years ago. Yet the Wall still stands. We, the people of Bil’in, the people of Palestine, have waited enough. Today was therefore declared by the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements as the last day of the Wall. Together with our supporters, we managed to bring a substantial part of the wall down but we still have a long way to go.
On a personal note, the beginning of 2011 also strikes notes of fear. In just a few days, on January 3rd, 2011, my trial in front of an Israeli military court will draw into conclusion. Captain Sharon Rivlin, the soldier-judge presiding in my case, will hand down my verdict. If found guilty of “incitement”, my next letter will likely be written from inside a prison cell; If found guilty, despite having proved that evidence against me was falsified, I will proudly join my friend and comrade, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, who is now spending his second new year’s eve behind bars. PSCC‘s media coordinator, my friend and brother in struggle, Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak, will also be going to prison, again, for three months on January 11th, for protesting Israel’s siege on Gaza.
We are all facing tremendous challenges, as individuals and as a movement. It is our pride and strength that keeps us going. It is your support and involvement, which is becoming more crucial than ever. Join us – take our struggle forward, so that the year of 2011 will become an historical year of Palestinian liberation and a just peace.
In solidarity,
Mohammad Khatib
Seit sechs Jahren schaue ich mir nun diese Videos an und seit sechs Jahren sehe ich immenses Unrecht. Und die Regierungen schweigen , es ist ja keine “Grüne Revolution”wie im Iran. Da hat unsere fremdgeteuerte Merkel auf Knopfdruck aufgeschrieen. Hier schweigt sie, seit über sechs Jahren, wie alle anderen westlichen Regierungen auch. Wie lange werden sie die Augen noch verschließen und wie lange werden wir noch zuschauen?
UPDATE Jawahar Abu Rahmah, 36, of Bil’in, died this morning from tear gas inhalation. Sie ist die erste Tote im Neuen Jahr, welche die IDF auf dem Gewissen hat. Ein sehr trauriger Neujahrsbeginn. Mein tiefes Beileid gehört den Angehörigen. Wieder wurde ein friedlicher Mensch gewaltsam ums Leben gebracht.
Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital yesterday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in, and died of poisoning this morning. Abu Rahmah was the sister of Bassem Abu Rahmah who was also killed during a peaceful protest in Bil’in on April 17th, 2010...The death of Jaraher Abu Rahmah is latest assault of Israel’s war on non-violence and resistance.
The Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements announced:
Press Release
January 1, 2011Israeli Forces Kill Female Protester in Bil’in
Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital yesterday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in, and died of poisoning this morning. Abu Rahmah was the sister of Bassem Abu Rahmah who was also killed during a peaceful protest in Bil’in on April 17th, 2010.Doctors at the Ramallah hospital fought for Jawaher Abu Rahmah’s life all night at the Ramallah Hospital, but were unable to save her life. Abu Rahmah suffered from severe asphyxiation caused by tear-gas inhalation yesterday in Bil’in, and was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital unconscious. She was diagnosed as suffering from poisoning caused by the active ingredient in the tear-gas, and did not respond to treatment.
Jawaher Abu Rahmah was the sister of Bil’in activist, Bassem Abu Rahmah, who was shot dead with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during a demonstration in the village on April 17th, 2009.
The death of Jawaher Abu-Rahma is a direct result of occupation and the inhumane violence and brutality against the nonviolent demonstrators in Bilin
Die Familie von Bassem hat wieder den Tod einer Angehörigen zu betrauern.
Jawaher Abu Rahmah’s funeral procession in Bil’in http://twitpic.com/3m00vb
Photos of Jawahar Abu Rahmah on posters throughout bilin http://twitpic.com/3m0eh6
The funeral of Jawahar Abu Rahmah happening now in bilin http://twitpic.com/3m0ewp
http://twitpic.com/photos/ibnezra
Ahmed Moor: Report from Bil’in and meeting Jawaher Abu Rahmah http://bit.ly/g2m8PD
Ein Foto während der Demonstration http://www.daylife.com/photo/03MugaXdZJ2Pj?q=israel
Ein weiteres Bild http://mondoweiss.net/images/2011/01/IMG-0752.jpg
bnezra Joseph Dana
Bil’in protester dies after exposure to tear gas shot by IDF Haaretz
Major road has now been blocked for 30 mins and no one is going anywhere in tel aviv
Photo of demonstrators right now: http://yfrog.com/h3e8irj
Sara Beninga to cops” return the people you arrested and we will stop blocking the street.”
This is in the middle of street in tel aviv http://twitpic.com/3m3jwn
Photo of sit in blocking Kaplan street. http://yfrog.com/gymbvtxj
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