<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Army Invades Bil’in]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail">Monday April 04, 2011 11:47</span><span class="article-detail"> by Saed Bannoura &#8211; IMEMC News</span></span></p>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>Under the pretext of searching for  international peace activists, Israeli soldiers and policemen invaded on  Monday at dawn Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of  Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes.</p></blockquote>
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<p class="article">The  Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in, reported  that soldiers invaded the village approximately at 1:30 after midnight  and broke into the homes of Ali Burnat and Khamis Fathi Abu Rahma.</p>
<p>Troops violently broke into the homes under the pretext of searching for  international peace activists who participate in nonviolent protests  against the Annexation Wall and settlements in the village.</p>
<p>The Committee said that soldiers prevented local reporters from  performing their duty, and that the offensive against the village last  for more than an hour.</p>
<p>Bil’in village plays an essential and a leading role in creative nonviolent resistance against the Wall and settlements.</p>
<p>Its activities started in 2004 and managed to garner a large  international attention attracting hundreds of international and Israeli  peace activists.</p>
<p>Israeli troops use excessive force against the popular nonviolent  resistance in the village, and in several other West Bank villages and  towns, inflicting hundreds of injuries and several deaths.</p>
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<div class="article-related-link-relatedlink">Related Link(s): <a title="http://www.bilin-ffj.org/" href="http://www.bilin-ffj.org/">http://www.bilin-ffj.org/</a></div>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/60993">Source</a></p>
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