Thousands converge on Bil’in, Fayyad among them

Wonderful report by Lia Tarachansky on Friday’s Bil’in demo, attended by thousands celebrating the fifth anniversary of the protest. Note that Salam Fayyad, the P.M. of the Palestinian Authority, attended the demo and, in English, thanked the internationals for coming to support Palestinian freedom. A sign of the movement’s power: the politicians will run to catch up. The same process can happen in Israel and here too. Unrepresented by their elected leaders, people who oppose occupation will make great personal sacrifice to express their views, and public sympathy will surge toward them.