Archive for April 10th, 2010

A foreign demonstrator throws a stone at Israeli troops with a slingshot during a protest against the separation barrier in the village of Bilin, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on April 9, 2010. Israel announced in March 2010 that it was curbing access for the next six months to two West Bank villages that have staged weekly demonstrations against its controversial separation barrier. Troops posted notices last month in Nilin and Bilin saying surrounding areas have been declared closed military zones by Israel, with no access to outsiders between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm every Friday, the day of the protests. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)

Non-Violent, Huh?

“Bil’in news and activities became known in the world…what happens in the village is a model for contemporary nonviolent popular resistance.” – Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, last week Yesterday: Call me old fashioned, but I would have thought “non-violent” means refraining from throwing hard objects capable of causing damage to other people (if [...]