Category: In the Media
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Settler Family Stabbed to Death; Troops Attack Northern West Bank Villages
12 March 2011 | Palestine News Network Five Israeli settlers from the same family were stabbed to death on Saturday at dawn in their homes located in the settlement of Itamar in northern West Bank. Israeli sources said that the five killed were the father, mother and three children aged 11, three and three-month old…
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Bill to punish anti-Israel boycotters passes first Knesset hurdle
09 March 2011 | Haaretz According to proposal, Israelis would face harsh punitive measures for such actions; controversial bill also calls for imposing sanctions on foreign nationals and groups and on states that give boycotts force of law. The Knesset plenum on Monday approved in its first reading a “boycott law,” which would levy harsh…
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Army arrests local protest leader in Nabi Saleh last night
6 March 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Naji Tamimi, member of the Nabi Saleh popular committee and one of the leading figures in the struggle against the annexation of village lands by the nearby settlement of Halamish, was arrested last night during an army night raid on the village. The military also searched the…
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Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem’s visa revoked
02 March 2011 | Arieh Cohen Sheil Dawani is considered a foreigner, having been born in Nablus, while the Anglican cathedral and offices are in East Jerusalem. Without a visa, in theory he can be arrested and deported at any time. Appeal already submitted to an administrative tribunal could have the negative effect of giving…
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Palestinian refugees supporters protest Canada Park
21 February 2011 | The Alternative Information Center Palestinian, Israeli and international activists gathered in front of the Representative Office of Canada to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Embassy of Canada to Israel in Tel Aviv for protest vigils on Monday (21/2) organized by the Committee for the Defense of the Rights of the…
