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Friday, October 29, 2010, Bil'in, Palestine Free for all prisoners Today's demonstration against the wall, organized by the Popular Committee of Bil'in, was joined by about many local residents , Israeli activists and internationals. As the group moved peacefully towards the site of the wall, they chanted to free Palestinian political prisoners,. Demonstrators carrying the Palestinian flag crossed through the gate to confront the awaiting soldiers with the simple question, "What are you doing here?" When the soldiers tired of the presence of people demanding access to the agricultural lands belonging to Bil'in farmers, they began firing tear gas. The hot gas canister ignited fires in the dry olive orchards, which residents hurried to extinguish to protect the trees from damage. For a while it was possible to avoid the gas, but eventually it became too much, and the demonstrators had to retreat to the village. It is a victory for the people every time they mobilize, without guns, to demand justice – an end to a wall that separates them from their ancestral lands and from the possibility of living peacefully with Israel. after demonstration ended the israils army attacke bilin village by throwing tear gas and sound bumps direction of houses,the people Confronted them over the half an hour . At today's demonstration in Bilin, Iyad Burnat, head of the popular committee against the wall welcomed two representatives from Norway who joined in the non-violent demonstration along with other internationals and Palestinians against the illegal apartheid wall. They were Stine Renate Haheim, a member of parliament and Torunn Kanutte Husvik the mayor of Oslo both members of the Norwegian labour party. For over 6 years the residents of Bilin along with internationals have been demonstrating against the illegal wall, with many injuries, arrests and the deaths of some non-violent protesters Iyad Burnat
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