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Escalating harassment from settlers in Hebron
On 9th August 2008 15:48 At around 15:30 three donkeys which had been stolen by settlers in the morning were released by Palestinians under protection from Israeli police. This took place on land that has been occupied by settlers illegaly for 5 months. The land is owned by Palestinians and has grape, olive and almond…
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Noise demonstration in Ni’lin
At 6.30pm on Saturday August the 9th villagers of Ni’lin accompanied by Israelis and internationals walked to their fields to have a noise demonstration against the nearby settlement of Hashmonaim. The settlement was built in 1981 on 8000 dunums of land belonging to the farmers of Ni’lin. The demonstrators built rock road blocks on the…
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Mahmoud Darwish 1942-2008
In memory of Mahmoud Darwish who died on the 9th August 2008 This article was published by Al-Ahram Weekly in April 2002. To view original article click here “Yet, Israeli forces, armed to the teeth with racist superstitions and military hardware, are besieging the Palestinians’ right to live ordinary lives, albeit lives lived on a…
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Gulf News: Law of Return and the dilemma
By Abbas Al Lawati To view original article, published by Gulf News on the 9th August, click here Dubai: Adam Shapiro, 36, and the International Solidarity Movement have in many ways been the face of the foreign activism that complemented the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, against the Israeli occupation. Founded by Shapiro and his…
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J-Post: Israel battles Spanish arrest warrants
By Ksenia Svetlova To view original article, published by the Jerusalem Post on the 9th August, click here Israel is battling hard to overturn a Spanish court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against six current and former politicians and senior military officials, a source in the Attorney-General’s Office told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Late…
