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Haaretz: Court upholds ruling to evict Palestinian family from East Jerusalem home
By Akiva Eldar To view original article, published in Haaretz, click here The High Court of Justice last week upheld a ruling for the eviction of a Palestinian family from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, whose house is owned by religious Jews. The eviction spurred protest by senior Palestinian Authority officials, and diplomats from several consulates have already visited the house. The Khurd family has lived in the contested building since 1956, when the…
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J-Post: Shin Bet probes ‘settler rocket fire’ near Nablus
By Yaakov Katz and Tovah Lazaroff To view original article, published by the Jerusalem Post on 22nd July, click here The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) was looking into Palestinian claims on Monday that settlers from Har Bracha and Yitzhar in the West Bank fired two rockets into fields near Nablus. This burnt cylinder, which Palestinians claim is a homemade rocket, was found in a field near Nablus on Sunday. A picture of the “rocket” provided…
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The National: West Bank construction challenged
By Brendan Howley To view original article, published by The National on 21st July, click here In an inventive legal action, two lawyers for the West Bank Palestinian village of Bi’ilin have filed a civil statement of claim against a pair of Jewish-owned Canadian construction companies building condominiums in the village for Israeli settlers. Damages of $2 million Canadian (Dh7.3m) are sought as compensation, the suit said, for “crimes against humanity” alleged to have been committed…
