Bil'in is a village on the outskirts of Ramalla. It is one of many construction sites for the Wall. Ever since building began, the inhabitants of Bil'in have been transformed into an energetic, highly political, cohesive community to demand that the land confiscated from them be returned and the wall completely torn down. So far 2300 dunums have been confiscated and the people of Bil'in have been successful in winning back 800. Every Friday, The Popular Committee Against the Wall along with international activists from ISM and other groups organize peaceful demonstrations at the wall in the presence of tanks, snipers, and armed Israeli soldiers. Only a few months ago, Bassem, a Palestinian activist was shot and killed by one of these soldiers.

On Saturday, we met the head of the Popular Committee, Iyyad Burnat. He was soft-spoken and tired. He informs me that some Fridays, as many as 3000 people come together to demonstrate while other times only a couple hundred. He shows me a rubber-coated steel bullet and an old tear gas canister, trinkets from earlier protests. Earlier this year in Nil'in, a village with a similar story to that of Bil'in, ISM activist Tristan Henderson was struck in the head and put in critical condition by one of these tear gas canisters. He is still recovering.

Iyyad and his wife have four small children. One shows me to the bathroom. One plays on his cell phone. Their daughter sings for my video camera. Their father has been arrested several times. Resistance is a bitter pill.