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Nakba demonstration held in Aneen village
15 May 2009 In commemoration of the 61st year of al Nakba, residents from all over the Jenin area went to Aneen to demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall built on Palestinian land. About 300 woman, children, and men marched together in a peaceful protest towards a gate in the Wall, chanting in Arabic and English. […]
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Israeli barrier bites into Palestinian village
Ivan Karakashian | Reuters 18 May 2009 Israel’s land barrier is slowly destroying the fabric of this Palestinian village of Christians and Muslims in the West Bank, setting a prime example of why the United States wants settlements to stop. One third of Aboud’s open space has been turned into a buffer zone. Hundreds of […]
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Israel begins new settlement, despite U.S. opposition
Ha’aretz 18 May 2009 Israel has begun constructing a new settlement in the northern West Bank for the first time in 26 years, Army Radio reported. The move comes on the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, despite Western calls for Israel to halt its settlement activity. Tenders […]