Friday, October 15 demo, Bil'in, Palestine -Today's demonstration against the wall, organized by the Popular  Committee of Bil'in, was  joined by about 100 local residents ,  Israeli activists and internationals.  As the group moved peacefull y towards the site of  the wall, they  chanted to free Palestinian political prisoners, including Abdulah Abu Rahme and Adib Abu Rahman who were arrested last year for their leadership of the poplar resistance in Bil'in.  Abdullah's  two young daughters marched with the crowd, carrying posters calling for the release of their father.  Demonstrators carrying the Palestinian flag crossed through the gate  to confront the awaiting soldiers with the simple question, "What are you doing here?"

Among the internationals  were groups from  University of Oslo in Norway, from Germany, Japan and the United States and from , france .

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.