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Haaretz: Despite Supreme court order, The IDF is not dismantling the fence near Bil’in
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent Eight months after the High Court of Justice ordered the state to dismantle the segment of the separation fence near the Palestinian village of Bil’in within “a reasonable amount of time,” the Defense Ministry has yet to do so. It has not even begun to plan an alternative route there, in accordance with the court’s instruction. These steps are not included in the Defense Ministry’s work plan for 2008. A spokesman…
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Is Dubai helping ethnic cleansing in Palestine?
From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate. According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev is preparing to open two large jewelry stores in Dubai, a world’s hub of Jewelry trading. The first store…
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Riad Elsohl Hamad – 1952-2008
Palestinian Children’s Welfare Fund: Riad Hamad died on April 14, 2008 in Austin, Texas, a victim of drowning in Lady Bird Lake. He was a tireless advocate for Palestinians, and especially women and children living in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. He created the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund and raised millions of dollars through this organization for schools, charitable organizations, and hospitals. We cannot begin to express our sorrow at the death of this…
