‘Money Makes the Bilin Protests Go ‘Round’

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The real reason for weekly Bil'in riots is that protesters earn money from international leftists for throwing stones at soldiers, says the IDF, which is relocating the fence, the supposed cause of disturbances.

IDF Colonel Sa'ar Tzur told reporters Sunday, “Protests here will continue because there is a lot of money involved. For a long time this has not been a political or diplomatic issue. They get money from foreign donors.

One soldier who used to be stationed at the Bil’in and Nil'in villages, where anarchists have fueled Friday riots for more than four years, told Israel National News, “One Arab told me he is paid several hundreds shekels each time he demonstrates. It is good business for them.”

The very existence of the violent riots, as the IDF prepares to relocate the fence under High Court orders, underscores the likelihood that money is the reason for the demonstrations. Court judges sided with pro-Arab petitioners that the route of the fence infringes on private Arab land that does not present a security danger to Israel. Read the rest of the article on: Arutz7

by idfnadesk on Jan 7, 2011

Scenes from the riot in the village of Bil'in on January 7th 2011.

Every Friday, demonstrators riot near the village of Bil'in protesting the path of the security fence. The Israeli High Court ruled that the course of the fence should be altered, and currently work is underway for the new fence. When the new security fence is completed, the one adjacent to Bil'in will be removed. Despite this, the demonstrators continue to riot, using violence, throwing rocks and sometimes firebombs. Over the past several years over 200 Israeli security personnel have been injured at these riots.

In the video Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon, the Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, discusses protocol for handling the riots, followed by rioters marching and hurling rocks towards security forces.