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Protesters picket US State Department following eviction of al-Kurd family of East Jerusalem
The eviction of the al-Kurd family from their East Jerusalem home is attracting worldwide protest. Upon hearing the news, two recent ISM volunteers who had camped out on the al-Kurd patio for several days picketed the U.S. State Department and visited with a representative of the Israel-Palestine desk. They were assured that the State Department…
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The Guardian: Israeli police evict Palestinian couple from home of 52 years
By Rory McCarthy To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 10th November, click here Israeli police have evicted a disabled Palestinian man and his wife from the home where they had lived for 52 years, in a Palestinian district of east Jerusalem which is now surrounded by hardline Jewish settlers. The eviction…
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Haaretz: Elderly Palestinian couple evicted from East Jerusalem home despite U.S. protest
By Michael Bahl To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 9th November, click here In a pre-dawn operation in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of predominantly Arab East Jerusalem, scores of police officers and IDF troops Sunday evicted an elderly Palestinian couple from their home, despite protests by the United States, other countries, and…
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AFP: Palestinian family evicted from emblematic Jerusalem home
To view original article, published by AFP on the 9th November, click here JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their east Jerusalem home at dawn on Sunday in the wake of a prolonged court battle with Jewish settlers and just two days before municipal elections. Armed security forces surrounded the al-Kurd…
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ISM Gaza: Resistance is plowing the fields of Fukharee
Fukharee, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 11th November 2008 By Donna Wallach On Tuesday 11th November 2008, four international Human Rights Observers accompanied some farmers to plow their fields for wheat, rye and lentils. The day started out with a long walk to the field. As in previous accompaniments to the “Buffer Zone”, the fields waiting to…
