At 7 am this morning, in a flash flood caused by the annexation barrier near the village of Bil’in two brothers were washed away. A search party is currently attempting to find Eyad Tahar who is still missing, presumed dead. Raad Tahar was found unconscious and has been evacuated to hospital. The Israeli army is currently refusing to let the villager’s search party use their equipment to try and drain the flooded area, which according to the villagers is so high that it is over the level of the olive trees. The army says that the area is part of the wall construction, so the villagers are not allowed to move it.
The earth-works of the illegal Barrier is currently acting as a dam that has flooded the road between the villages of Bil’in and Safa, west of Ramallah.
For more information call:
ISM Media Office: 022 971 824 or 057 572 0754
UPDATES
Drowned Body Found Caught on Razor Wire of Illegal Barrier Near Bil’in
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/04/02/drowned-body-found-caught-on-razor-wire-of-illegal-barrier-near-bilin/
Israeli, Foreign Activists Protest “Unilateral” Borders
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/04/03/israeli-foreign-activists-protest-unilateral-borders/
Please also see:
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL
IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/imwp/imwpframe.htm
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 23 - 29 Mar 2006
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6NE8AH?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Background
Bil’in Tries to Bridge Over Troubled Waters
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/04/01/bil%e2%80%99in-tries-to-bridge-over-troubled-waters/
The earth-works of the illegal Barrier is currently acting as a dam that has flooded the road between the villages of Bil’in and Safa, west of Ramallah.
For more information call:
ISM Media Office: 022 971 824 or 057 572 0754
UPDATES
Drowned Body Found Caught on Razor Wire of Illegal Barrier Near Bil’in
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/04/02/drowned-body-found-caught-on-razor-wire-of-illegal-barrier-near-bilin/
Israeli, Foreign Activists Protest “Unilateral” Borders
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/04/03/israeli-foreign-activists-protest-unilateral-borders/
Please also see:
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL
IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/imwp/imwpframe.htm
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 23 - 29 Mar 2006
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6NE8AH?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Background
Bil’in Tries to Bridge Over Troubled Waters
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/04/01/bil%e2%80%99in-tries-to-bridge-over-troubled-waters/