Every Friday at noon, the village of Bil’in stages protests and resistance to the Israeli occupation and apartheid wall. The demonstration, consisting of local villagers and foreign peace workers, almost always ends with tear gas, concussion grenades and in some events rubber bullets. Here things can turn violent quickly and have, in the past, ended in civilian deaths.
These are the first photographs from a series that I will be posting from the resistance protests in the village.
Boycott, Divest & Sanction.
Cutting the fence under a sniper's watch.
Foreign peace workers join in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Breaking borders.
Protesters in a stand off with the military.
Solidarity workers.
Endless volleys of tear gas is the main technique to break up the protests.
Youth use stones to fight off the highly equipped military.
Protester in a fight with an armored Israeli vehicle.
Teenager resisting occupation by slinging rocks at the IDF (Israeli Defense Force).
Fighting back.
Dude,
ReplyDeleteIt is your cousin Charlie.
These are great!
I'm so happy to see you following your passion.
Thank you for making this blog to document your travels.
I can't wait to read and see more.
Be safe and be in touch,
-Charlie
carlburgin@gmail.com
These are beautiful. I especially love the third one down. Is this the Italian girl? Keep in touch... you know we all love you very very very very very very very much.
ReplyDeletekeep up the fascinating work. your photos are hella mumtaz.
ReplyDelete~marla