Category: In the Media
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Settlers set fire to Huwwara prayer hall
3 May 2011 | Ma’an News Ultra-orthodox Jewish Israeli settlers raided the northern west Bank town of Huwwara in the early hours of Tuesday morning and according to residents set fire a prayer hall in the local school. Ghassan Daghlas, PA official charged with monitoring settler activity in the district, said the prayer hall in…
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Bassem Tamimi: “Our destiny is to resist”
2 May 2011 | Electronic Intifada When I met Bassem Tamimi at his home in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh this January, his eyes were bloodshot and sunken, signs of the innumerable sleepless nights he had spent waiting for Israeli soldiers to take him to prison. As soon as two children were…
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Visit to Awarta
29 April 2011 | Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh We finally toured the devastated village of Awarta Wednesday and were stunned at what we saw and heard. On the way, we stopped by a tiny village called Izbet Al-tabib, a village of 350 people was served with a new order by the Israeli military to take over…
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RCF: State again reschedules testimony of Col. Pinky Zuaretz
26 April 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation In another round of last minute maneuvering, attorneys for the State in Corrie vs. State of Israel requested that testimony from their highest-ranking witness be postponed. Former Brigade Commander Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz, who was scheduled to testify on April 27, will not testify until May 22. The…
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Beit Ula names garden after slain Italian activist
25 April 2011 | Ma’an News Agency Hebron’s Youth Development Association re-named a small garden west of the city after murdered Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni in a Sunday ceremony. Beit Ula Mayor Rateb Al-Omla presided over the event, thanking the development association for its initiative in commemorating Arrigoni, who was murdered in Gaza City on…