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Bil'in vs. Israeli apartheid
June 19, 2009
featuring:
Mohammed Khatib
Popular Committee Against the Wall, Bil'in, Occupied Palestine
Emily Schaeffer
Israeli lawyer representing the village of Bil’in
Bil'in, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, has become an internationally celebrated symbol of Palestinian popular resistance to the ongoing construction of the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements on their land. Since 2005, villagers have led weekly protests, with the active participation from both Israeli and international solidarity activists, in opposition to illegal Israeli colonization and annexation of Palestinian land.
The village has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court against Green Park International and Green Mount International, two companies registered in Quebec. The companies are accused of illegally constructing residential and other buildings on the village's lands.
According to the lawsuit, the lands of Bil'in are subject to the rules and obligations of international law because the West Bank is currently under Israeli military occupation.
Bil'in's case against the construction of settlements on their land is based on the provisions of the Geneva Convention, which prohibit an occupying power from transferring its civilian population into territory that it has occupied as a result of war. The case against Green Park and Green Mount seeks an immediate order from the Canadian court that it end its illegal activities.
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: De Sève Cinema, Concordia University
Location: 1400 de Maisonneuve west Blvd. Montreal, QC
Categories: International
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