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ICAHD and other Israeli Peace Groups call for the cancellation of a planned Muslim Quarter new settlement
Another illegal act in East Jerusalem undertaken by the Israeli Government and the Municipality of Jerusalem has recently been uncovered: a plan to build a new Jewish settlement in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City near Herod’s Gate. Recently the Sub-committee of the Local Committee for Planning and Construction in Jerusalem has confirmed a…
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Is this a real move to peace?
by K. Flo Razowsky Originally in The Minneapolis Star Tribune According to the international media, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip is an unprecedented move toward peace. The situation on the ground demands further inspection. Daily, new settlements are under construction in the West Bank, existing ones are being expanded and…
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So Little Hope
Greta B. Today as I was walking back to the hotel in Jerusalem, I heard a terrible crying. It was coming from a pile of garbage outside the Gloria Hotel. It’s very difficult to pick up garbage in the old city, unless you just happen to live in the Jewish quarter,because, although Palestinians pay the…
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Days in the life around the Tel Rumeida settlers in Hebron
By Linus These last few days around the illegal settlement of Tel Rumeida have been filled with constant interruptions and harassment in the lives of the Palestinians as annexation walls are constructed, soldiers continue putting up roadblocks and establishing checkpoints, and settlers continue to make life unbearable for Palestinians in this section of Hebron. The…
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Incursion into the village of Bil’in
Nina, Phil About 4 am, Abdullah woke us up and said there were soldiers in the village. Both of us went up on to the roof to listen to the phone conversation he was having people in one of the houses. It was down the road that is close to the construction and had been…
