Bil'in Declares the Last Day of the Wall

The Israeli High Court Ruled that the path of the Wall in Bil'in is illegal and must be rerouted more than three years ago. This Friday, on the last day of the decade, Thousands will celebrate the last day of the Wall in its current path.

What: Mass demonstration in Bil'in

Where: Bil'in Village, West of Ramallah

When: Friday, Decemebr 31st at 12:30

Media Contact: Jonathan Pollak +972-54-632-7736

Nearly six years have passed since residents of Bil'in, together with their Israeli and international supporters, started regularly demonstrating against the Wall and the confiscation of more than half their land by it. It has been more than three years since the Israeli High Court ruled that the path of the Wall must be changed as soon as possible, and the people of Bil'in have waited long enough.

The Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements declared this Friday – the day closing 2010 – as the last day of the Wall on the village's lands. Bil'in's residents, together with many hundreds of their supporters – from Israel, around the world and across the West Bank – will march once more towards the lands sequestered behind the Wall, but have no intention of being stopped by it.

The last day of the year will be the last day of the Wall's current path. The first day of 2011 will be the first day of the struggle against the new path, and for the return of the lands still behind it.