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IAF planes drop intimidating pamphlets over Gaza
ISM Gaza | Farming Under Fire 25 May 2009 Translation of leaflet (both leaflets have the same message with different maps): To the people of the strip: The Israeli Defense Forces repeat their alert forbidding the coming close to the border fence at a distance less than 300 metres who gets close will subject himself to danger whereby the IDF will take necessary procedures to drive him away which will include shooting when necessary he who…
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Settlements contaminate Palestinian water supply in Hebron
26 May 2009 In between the illegal settlments of Kyriat Arba, Givat Harsina and 2 military bases, live Palestinian families that face many hardships. Sewer water from the settlements contaminates their supply of clean water, often overflowing from the sewers. The Palestinian families are in need of repairing or building new homes, but are not allowed by Israel. A woman living in one of the houses near the settlements explained that Palestinians are not allowed to…
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Why Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Israeli universities
Amjad Barham | The Guardian 26 May 2009 Palestinian academics have been heartened by the outpouring of solidarity with our people on the part of British academics and students – the latter attested to by the creative “student occupation movement” in the wake of the brutal Israeli war against the Palestinian people in Gaza last December and January. What does the Palestinian academic community expect from international colleagues? It has sometimes been suggested that solidarity with…
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