Category: Features
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Palestinian woman suffers a stroke after settlers invade her family’s house in Sheikh Jarrah
26 November 2009 On Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 1:00am, five settlers and settler security, who are currently occupying the Gawi family house in Sheikh Jarrah, attempted to take over a section of a house belonging to the Palestinian al-Kurd family. The Israeli police were alerted immediately, however, before they managed to arrive, the settlers…
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Inside Israeli jails, the real victims of a cry for justice
Jesse Rosenfeld | The National 24 November 2009 Amid the growing media fever over a possible prisoner swap involving the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held by Hamas, another young captive has a less visible public profile – but personifies Israel’s chokehold on Palestinian self-expression. Mohammad Othman, 33, from the West Bank town…
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Bil’in: Undercovers arrest Palestinian youth at his workplace
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 19 November 2009 In an escalation of the recent arrest campaign conducted by the Israeli military in attempt to crush the popular struggle against the Wall in the village, an undercover army unit invaded Bil’in this morning and arrested a local youth, 19 year old Mohammad Yassin. In the morning hours…