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Back to Warsaw 1968
Michael Sfard | Ha’aretz 3 September 2009 When my father was 21, he was arrested. Secret service agents tailed him everywhere for a few weeks, and the stress over whether and when he’d be shackled ate at him. Above all, it killed his aged parents. Many members of the student union were arrested with him. Each time the heavy iron door of his cell opened everyone’s heart skipped a beat. Who would they summon for interrogation…
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Norway divests from Israel defense firm over ties to West Bank fence
Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 3 September 2009 The Norwegian government has decided to pull all of its investments from Israeli arms firm Elbit as a result of it involvement in the construction of the West Bank separation fence, the Norwegian Finance Minister announced on Thursday. Kristin Halvorsen, speaking at a Oslo press conference, said that the decision was based on the recommendation of Norway’s Ministry of Finance council on ethics, whose role is to ensure that…
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Settler stabs B’Tselem worker in Susiya
B’Tselem 10 August 2009 This morning [Monday, 10 August], at about 7:30, I heard voices and shouting coming from the direction of the wadi near our village, Khirbet Susiya. I got up and took my stills camera and ran toward where the voices were coming from. On the way, I looked behind me and saw two others from our village running behind me. They apparently also heard the shouting. I got there quickly. I saw Jaziya…
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