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Demonstrations in al-Ma’sara, Bi’lin and al-Khader
Al-Ma’sara By Mahmoud Zwahre Date 30 May 2008 On the 30th May, around 150 people from the village of Al-Ma’sara demonstrated against the building of the apartheid wall on their land. As usual the demo started from the middle of the village ad continued towards the construction site where the Israeli army are building the…
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Haaretz: Housing Ministry to issue tender for building 120 homes in Har Homa
To view original article, published in Haaretz on the 30th May 2008, click here Days before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s departure for Washington, Housing Minister Ze’ev Boim announced Friday that his ministry will issue a tender on Sunday for the construction of hundreds of housing units in two controversial East Jerusalem neighborhoods: 120 units in…
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Residents of Deir Istiya prevented from planting olive trees on their land by Israeli forces
On 30th May 2008 residents of the village of Deir Istiyia in the Salfit region, as well as Israeli and international activists, attempted to plant 50 olive trees in the Palestinian-owned land where the illegal Israeli settlement of Revava is attempting to expand its borders. The illegal settlement began construction last week, illegally and without…
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Gulf News: Adalah rally outside UAE UN office in New York
By Abbas Al Lawati, published in Gulf News on 29th May 2008. To view original article click here Dubai: A Jewish-Palestinian advocacy group held a thank-you rally outside the UAE’s representative office in New York on Tuesday over the country’s stand on not allowing a controversial Israeli businessman from opening a store in Dubai. The…
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Haaretz: Tutu meets Hamas leader, raps Israel for barring entry
By Akiva Eldar, published in Haaretz on the 29th May 2008. To view original article click here Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu criticized Israel’s refusal to allow him entry to the country, in his role as head of the U.S. special committee to investigate the November 2006 incident in Beit Hanun where 19…
