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Tomorrow: Football Game in Bil'in under the Banner "Stop the Wall"


RAMALLAH, August 17, 2006 (WAFA)- International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said Palestinians from the village of Bil'in will gather tomorrow at 9 am in the local playground at a school in Bil'in to hold a football game under the banner "Stop the Wall."

"In the midst of the Occupation, the football game is a joyous act of resistance," ISM said in a press release.

After the game, at 1 pm Palestinian players will join together with internationals and Israeli activists for the weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall and the illegal seizure of village land for use by Jewish colonisers.

At last Friday's demonstration, the Israeli army met the nonviolent demonstrators with an unprovoked display of brutality and violence, causing two serious head injuries and at least twelve other injuries.

One Israeli and one international are in the hospital for the head injuries incurred last Friday.

Choosing to steadfastly continue with their weekly demonstrations despite the army's brutality, ISM added, at tomorrow's demonstration the villagers and activists will carry the message "You Cannot Break Our Spirit."

The Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Colonies has organised weekly demonstrations since January 2005.

Throughout their struggle Israelis and internationals have been supportive in resisting army incursions into the village, imposed curfew, and the Wall that has estranged the villagers from 60% of their farmland.

(22:07 P) (19:07 GMT)

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