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Bil'in (Arabic: بلعين‎) is a Palestinian village locate in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located approximately 12 kilometers (7 mi) west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. It is adjacent to the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Illit. After the Six-Day War in 1967, Bil'in was occupied Israel, along with the rest of the West Bank, though after the 1995 signing of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, it has been administered by the Palestinian National Authority.