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Israel’s Wall puts Emad Burnat of Bil’in and his children in hospital.
At 5:20 pm on Saturday 22nd November, Bi’lin Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements member, Emad Burnat, was admitted to hospital in very serious condition after his tractor flipped over against Israel’s Apartheid Wall. The wall – which in Bil’in is composed of metal fence and barbwire – cuts through the village’s farmland. The video documenter of the Bi’lin’s anti-wall struggle was returning with his children from plowing his fields when he was forced to…
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Haaretz: UNRWA chief – Gaza on brink of humanitarian catastrophe
By Reuters To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 22nd November, click here Gaza faces a humanitarian “catastrophe” if Israel continues to prevent aid reaching the territory by blocking crossing points, the head of the main UN aid agency for the Palestinians said on Friday. Karen AbuZayd, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), said the human toll of this month’s sealing of Gaza’s goods crossings was the gravest since the…
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The Guardian: Letter – Building for peace in the Middle East
To view original letter, published by The Guardian on the 22nd November, click here It is with great dismay that we learned of the British government’s plans to rent space for its new Tel Aviv embassy location from Lev Leviev’s company Africa-Israel. Africa-Israel builds Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Additionally, Leviev’s company Leader is building the settlement of Zufim. Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. We welcome the recent decision by the British…
