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How settlements in the West Bank are creating a new reality, brick by brick
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 24 August 2009 There is a hilltop east of Jerusalem with striking views down into Jericho, across the dry slopes of the West Bank and on to the Dead Sea. From the red ochre of the rock came the name Ma’ale Adumim, Hebrew for the Red Ascent. Today it is […]
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Derailing injustice: Palestinian civil resistance to the “Jerusalem Light Rail”
Omar Barghoutti | Jerusalem Quarterly 25 August 2009 “I believe that this [Jerusalem Light Rail] should be done, and in any event, anything that can be done to strengthen Jerusalem, construct it, expand it and sustain it for eternity as the capital of the Jewish people and the united capital of the State of Israel, […]
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Soldiers use ‘sarukh’ against Ni’lin demonstrators
21 August 2009 Around 12:30 on Friday, 140 Ni’lin villagers, together with international and Israeli solidarity activists, gathered after the prayer to demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall. The march went through the fields of Ni’lin and reached the wall site without incident. The Wall was finished in May 2009 as an electric fence with video […]
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