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Bil'in (Arabic: بلعين) is a Palestinian village located in the West Bank approximately 12 kilometers (7 mi) west of the city of Ramallah. It is adjacent to the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Illit. After the Six-Day War in 1967, Bil'in passed to Israeli control along with the rest of the West Bank, though after the 1995 signing of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, it has been administered by the Palestinian Authority. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 276 Ã— 598 pixelsFull resolution (330 Ã— 715 pixel, file size: 5 KB, MIME type: image/png) For use for locations within the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ... Map showing governorates and areas of formal Palestinian control (green) After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas and 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. ... JENIN Jenin TULKARM Tulkarm Tubas NABLUS Nablus Shomron Qalqilya QALQILYA Salfit ARIEL RAMALLAH Ramallah and Al-Bireh Matte Binyamin MODIIN ILLIT JERICHO Biqat HaYarden Jericho MAALE ADUMMIM JERUSALEM Jerusalem BETAR ILLIT BETHLEHEM Gush Etzion Bethlehem Megilot HEBRON Hebron Har Hebron YATTA The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate... This article is about the physical quantity. ... A dunam or dÃ¶nÃ¼m, dunum, donum is a unit of area. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol kmÂ², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... The Israel Standard Time (IST) is the standard timezone in Israel and is 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+2). ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... â€œArabicâ€ redirects here. ... Ramallah (Arabic: ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank of approximately 57,000 residents. ... The barrier route as of July 2006. ... Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ... Modiin Illit () is an Israeli settlement in Samaria (Northern West Bank). ... Combatants Israel Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Mordechai Hod, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Zaid ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 264,000 (incl. ... The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip or Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, or simply the Interim Agreement, also known as Oslo 2 (or Oslo II), and alternately known as Taba, was a key and complex agreement about the future of the Gaza Strip and the West... â€œPalestinian governmentâ€ redirects here. ...

Bil'in is home to approximately 1,700 mostly Muslim inhabitants, most of whom are employed in the field of agriculture. It is considered an ideological stronghold of the secular Palestinian political organization, Fatah, and many employees of the Palestinian Authority, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, reside there. There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: Ù…Ø³Ù„Ù…, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: Ù…Ø³Ù„Ù…Ø§Ù†, Turkish: MÃ¼slÃ¼man, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Fatah (Arabic: ); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: Palestinian National Liberation Movement) is a major secular Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a generally secular multi-party confederation. ... The Palestinian Legislative Council, (sometimes referred to to as the Palestinan Parliament) the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 88 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza. ...

West Bank barrier protests

Bil'in, which is located 4 kilometers east of the Green Line, has become internationally known due to its proximity to the Israeli West Bank barrier, and its continuing protests against the barrier's construction on its land. The barrier separates the village from around 60 percent of its farming land. A new neighborhood of the Modi'in Illit settlement is being constructed on part of this land.^[1] The settlements in Bil'in are being built by well-known Israeli businessmen Lev Leviev and Shaya Boymelgreen. The instrusive path of the wall in Bil'in on Palestinian land deep inside the West Bank, as in many other locations, has been built to accommodate settlement expansion and the economic interests of major Israeli developers like Leviev (http://newleftreview.org/?view=2624) (http://www.btselem.org/Download/200512_Under_the_Guise_of_Security_Eng.pdf). The barrier route as of July 2006. ... Modiin Illit () is an Israeli settlement in Samaria (Northern West Bank). ...

Since January 2005, the village has been orchestrating weekly protests against the barrier's construction. The protests have attracted a great deal of media attention, as well as the participation of left-wing Israeli groups, such as Gush Shalom, Anarchists Against the Wall and international activists, such as the International Solidarity Movement. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Anarchists Against the Wall (AAW), sometimes called Anarchists Against the Fence or Jews Against Ghettos, is a loose-knit organization comprised of Israeli anarchists and anti-authoritarians who oppose the construction of the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and Israeli West Bank barrier. ... For information on the Polish trade union, see Solidarity. ...

The weekly protests usually take the form of marches from the village to the site the barrier with the aim of halting construction, and sometimes involve attempts to dismantle already constructed portions. The Israel Border Police and Israeli Army claim to disperse the protests using tear gas, stun grenades, and rubber coated steel bullets. Bil'in's protest committee claims to follow principles of Civil disobedience, and says that the stone throwing is carried out by other members of the village, and sometimes by Israeli agents provocateurs. The Israel Border Police (Hebrew: ×ž×©×ž×¨ ×”×’×‘×•×œ, Mishmar HaGvul) is the combat branch of the Israeli Police. ... Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the alcoholic beverage sold in New Orleans, see hand grenade (drink). ... For other uses, see Civil disobedience (disambiguation). ... An agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs) is a person assigned to provoke unrest, violence, debate, or argument by or within a group while acting as a member of the group but covertly representing the interests of another. ...

Several protesters, including Israelis, as well as members of the Israeli Security Forces, have been injured at the protests. The Israeli Security Forces are several organizations collectively responsible for Israels security. ...

In July 2005, several activists entered a metal box manufactured to totally envelope their bodies. The box was placed on the barrier's route, and successfully halted its construction for a short time. Another example was the founding of an "outpost," often associated with Israeli settlements, on the other side of the barrier. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Israeli settlement. ...

There were serious clashes between protesters and Israeli forces in the village on 2 September 2005, and again in March 2006. A solidarity conference took place in the village on February 20-21 2006. A second international conference on nonviolent resistance was hosted by the village of Bil'in in April, 2007 (http://www.bilin-village.org/english/articles/conference2007/). is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 2006 : â† - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 20, 2007, a Puerto Rican activist known as Tito Kayak climbed a surveillance tower near the separation barrier from Israel to plant a Palestinian flag in support of their people. Noble Peace laureate Mairead Corrigan, who won the prize in 1976 for her work in encouraging a peaceful solution to the Northern Ireland dispute, was also hurt that day when she was hit in the leg by a rubber coated steel bullet and was transferred to a hospital for treatment. She was also said to have inhaled large quantities of teargas. is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Alberto De Jesus Mercado (born 1958) â€”better known as Tito Kayakâ€” is an environmental activist from Jayuya, Puerto Rico. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Mairead Corrigan (born 27 January 1944) was the co-founder, with Betty Williams, of the Community of Peace People, an organization which attempts to encourage a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ... A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ...

On September 4,2007 the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to redraw the path of the wall because the current route was "highly prejudicial" to the villagers of Bil'in. Chief Justice Dorit Beinish wrote in the ruling, "We were not convinced that it is necessary for security-military reasons to retain the current route that passes on Bilin’s lands.". The case was filed about two years ago by the local council leader of Bilin, Ahmed Issa Abdullah Yassin; he hired a prominent Israeli human rights lawyer, Michael Sfard, to argue the brief. The Israeli Defence Ministry has indicated that they will respect the ruling.^[2]^[3] On September 5, 2007, in a second decision that received little media coverage outside of Israel, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled to legalize the Israeli settlement of Mattiyahu East, built on a large portion of Bil'in's land to the west of the wall (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/901229.html), despite significant evidence of the illegality of the settlement of Mattiyahu East, even under Israeli law (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/829740.html). The village of Bil'in has vowed to continue its nonviolent reistance against the wall and settlements on its land, and offered its support and experince to other villages which are resisting Israel's wall and settlements (http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=13828). The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ... Dorit Beinisch (â€Ž) (born: 1942) is the president of the Supreme Court of Israel. ...

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