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Al-Ka’abneh Bedouins made homeless in Beit Hanina
| August 25, 2013
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On August 19th the Bedouin community of Beit Hanina -East Jerusalem- was brutally woken up by an Israeli raid that tore their homes to the ground. An estimated two-hundred Israeli soldiers stormed the makeshift structures at around 6 AM, threatening its inhabitants with guns and forcing them out of the perimeter outlining the area ...
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In Palestine, studying abroad is a fight for freedom
| August 20, 2013
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Albaraa Kefaya’s dream came true the day he was accepted for an internship at Berkley University, California. With the US visa in hand, he approached the border with Jordan and found out that a security alert had been issued against him. The twenty-five year-old engineer student is considered a threat to the state of Israel due to his ...
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Apartheid Train-Israel‘s multi-billion dollar railroad plan in the West Bank
| August 09, 2013
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The Israeli Civil Administration is promoting a plan for the construction of a grandiose railway system in the occupied Palestinian territories. The proposed plan, expected to be completed in 2035, will include the construction of 473 kilometers of rail, 30 stations and 11 separate railway lines.
The Palestinian Authority refuses to take part...
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European Union Bans Settlement Funding
| July 21, 2013
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On June 30th the European Union(EU) published a directive that bars its 28 member states from contracting agreements for funding, awarding scholarships, prizes or research grants to residents in the Israeli settlements. Any future contracts between the EU and Israel will include a “territorial applicability clause” indicating the exclusion of..
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Settlers attack Bedouin camp in Huwwara, Nablus district
| July 10, 2013
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It was three in the morning on Saturday, July 6th when a group of some 50 settlers stormed a Bedouin village on the outskirts of Huwwara, Nablus District. Mahmoud Rahaide, father of eleven, was injured when he attempted to stop the settlers from damaging his car and tractor.
The attack came in response to the alleged theft of some sheep from
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- Israel’s puppet war unmasks apartheid regime
| July 03, 2013
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The El-Hakawati theatre was colorfully adorned to host its annual International Puppet Festival when a closure order by the Israeli authorities dashed the expectations of the Palestinian children living in East Jerusalem. Now signs announcing the closure of the theatre from June 22 to 30 have replaced the festive decorations.....
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Activist Sireen Khudiri Sawafteh detained and prosecuted for a Facebook page
| June 30, 2013
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The 24 year-old human rights activist, Sireen Khudiri Sawafteh, is being detained in the Israeli prison of Eichel for having created a Facebook page that allegedly threatens the security of the State of Israel. On the afternoon of Tuesday 14 May, her car was stopped at a temporary checkpoint on the road between Nablus and her hometown, Tubas...
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Israel’s Bedouin solution: from garbage dump to settlement area
| June 26, 2013
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The current Israeli Defence Force (IDF) proposal sets the town of Nuweimeh, near Jericho, as an alternative to Abu Dis, deemed hazardous for health by Israel‘s Environmental Protection Ministry for its proximity to a garbage dump, for the resettlement of rural Bedouin communities living in the Jerusalem periphery. Since its independence, Israel ...
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Israel rejects Palestinian petition to redirect Wall in Cremisan valley
| May 29, 2013
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The Israeli Special Objection Court rejected the latest petition from Palestinian landowners in the town of Beit Jala to redirect the wall that intends to cut off the Cremisan Valley—located in the Bethlehem district—from the surrounding villages of the Jerusalem area. The ruling, rendered official on 26 April 2013, allows for the continuation ...
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Among the ruins of Lifta, memory of the Nakba persists
| May 14, 2013
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Standing within the boundaries of the holy city, Lifta is one of the 68 villages surrounding Jerusalem that were ethnically cleansed during the Israeli systematic attack in 1948. Unlike the others, it is the only Arab village that has not been destroyed since.
Israel confiscated the village land under the Absentee Property law in 1950, despite...
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