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Rights group: Israel killed unarmed Palestinians
Jen Thomas | Associated Press 13 August 2009 A new report by Human Rights Watch charged Thursday that Israeli soldiers killed eleven unarmed Palestinian civilians who were carrying white flags in shooting incidents during Israel’s offensive in Gaza earlier this year. The report says the civilians included five women and four children. The group urged […]
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Bil’in demonstrates against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign
14 August 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli, Spanish, French and other international supporters, responded today to the Popular Committee’s call to resist the Wall and to show solidarity with the Bil’in prisoners. As is the case each week, demonstrators left the village after the midday prayers and marched towards the gate of the Wall separating […]
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Court refuses to issue restraining order against evicted Sheikh Jarrah Arabs
Jonah Newman & Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 14 August 2009 A Jerusalem District Court rejected on Thursday a request by Jewish families who have taken possession of homes in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood by court order to issue a restraining order against the Arab families who were evicted from those homes. However, […]
