Category: In the Media
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More than 20 wounded; American activist shot in the head at third year anniversary of the popular struggle in Bil’in
By Meron Rappaport (Article from Ha’aretz, pictures from Reuters (Eliana Aponte & Yannis Behrakis)) More than 20 activists were wounded Friday as Israel Defense Forces troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at protesters marking three years of struggle against the West Bank separation fence in the West Bank town of Bil’in. Among the…
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Ha’aretz: Report: U.K. gov’t hid reference to Israel on Iraq weapons dossier
Click here for the original article. The British newspaper The Guardian reported Thursday that the Foreign Office in London had successfully managed to conceal a reference to Israel in a September 2002 document on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, fearing harm to bilateral ties. The Guardian says that the word “Israel” was handwritten next to…
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Ha’aretz: Intifada redux
By Gideon Levy For the original article, click here. The intifada is back. Maybe not in full force, but the sights we saw last weekend suddenly brought us back 20 years. Israel Defense Forces bulldozers blocked the main entrance to the village of Azoun. Its roads were strewn with stones; Molotov cocktails were thrown; the…