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Live from the Only Democracy Goes to Bil’in

April 22nd, 2010 | Add a Comment

Follow Jewish Voice for Peace on twitter at jvplive tonight to get live updates from our own Emily Schaeffer from the Bil’in Conference and protests against the Wall.

You can download an audio report by Free Speech Radio news from the conference here. “Conference on nonviolent resistance opens in West Bank”

The IMEMC recaps the first day of the conference.

Hundreds of Palestinians along with international and Israeli delegates started on Wednesday the fifth annual conference on popular resistance in village of Bil’in near the central west Bank city of Ramallah.

In addition to Palestinian ministers, European Union, and United States officials joined the opening of the conference. Bil’in is site of weekly nonviolent protest against the wall and settlements for the past five years.

Bil’in 5th Conference On Nonviolence Resistance - Photo By IMEMC's Ghassan Bannoura

Bil’in 5th Conference On Nonviolence Resistance - Photo By IMEMC's Ghassan Bannour

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JESSE BACON (Philadelphia) is a freelance activist and father. He has a Masters in teaching from Roosevelt University in Chicago. He is an observant progressive Jew, and is trying to be a good ally for Palestinians and all dispossessed peoples, while staying true to the best traditions in Judaism. He visited Israel and Palestine in 1996, 2001, and 2002. He served for three years on the local steering committee of Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago, and one year on the board of Pursue the Peace in Seattle. Read his posts here.

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