Bil'in | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بلعين |
| • Latin | Bilin (unofficial) |
 View of Bil'in | |
  Bil'in Location of Bil'in within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′40″N 35°04′16″E / 31.92778°N 35.07111°E | |
| Palestine grid | 156/148 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmed Issa Abdullah Yassin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,983 dunams (4.0 km2 or 1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,137 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Belain (personal name)[2] |
Bil'in (Arabic: بلعين) is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bil'in had a population of 2,137 in 2017.[1] In the 2000s, it was known for its regular protests against Israeli occupation.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 226
- ^ 'A decade of anti-wall struggle,' Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine Al-Jazeerah 15 February 2015.:'Recently, one of the protest's main leaders, Abdullah Abu Rahmah, once again faced an Israeli military court where he was accused of "ideological crimes" for his role in organising the demonstrations. Under Israeli military law, any demonstration by Palestinians in the West Bank is illegal - whether nonviolent or otherwise. Abdullah has already spent 15 months in prison for organising "illegal demonstrations" and "incitement".'
- ^ Yael Marom, 'IDF: Palestinian nonviolent protest is an ideological crime,' Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine +972 magazine 9 February 2015.
- ^ Hammad, Suzanne H.; Falk, Richard A. (2024). Emplaced resistances in occupied Palestine: stories of a village, its people, and their land. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-1-78661-204-5.