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Maan: PACBI – Paul McCartney “condones or ignores apartheid” with Israel concert
To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 16th September, click here Bethlehem – Ma’an – Former Beatle Paul McCartney’s insistence on going ahead with a planned concert in Israel was denounced on Tuesday by Palestinian activists who say the gig will whitewash Israel’s human rights record. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) issued a statement on Tuesday saying the concert “will convey a message that McCartney…
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Settlers attack and burn olive tree’s in Awarta village
On Sunday 14 September settlers from the Itamar settlement near the Palestinian village of Awarta, Nablus, burned and destroyed 70 dunums of land (between 6-10% of their harvest) with approximately 400 olive tree’s, vital to the livelihood of the village. In the morning settlers set fire to tree’s belonging to Awarta village destroying trees. They then came back in the evening and repeated the attack. At 23:30 on Sunday evening Assad Abdul Kareem spotted 4 settlers…
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East Jerusalem shows solidarity with the Al-Kurd family
On Monday September 15th 2008, the Muftah of Palestine and children from Shu’afaat orphanage visited the Al Kurd family to show their solidarity with the resistance Al Kurd and the 27 other families in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood are putting up against Israel’s ethnic cleansing of occupied East Jerusalem. 50 children and grown ups broke fast together on the 15th day of Ramadan. The orphanage in Shu’afaat refugee camp rewarded Kamel Al Kurd with a statuette of…
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