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Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation to install football net in Old City
By Christian Peacemaker Teams On Thursday, August 9th, at 11:00 am, a delegation from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) will install a net across the street in front of the CPT apartment in the Chicken Market of the Old City. The delegates will connect the netting to the CPT apartment building and the building opposite, which is occupied by the Israeli military. The netting will hang in front of the razor wire and metal fence at the…
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Al Jazeera: Israel evicts Hebron settlers
by: Al Jazeera and agencies Israeli security forces have removed about two dozen Jewish settlers and supporters from two Palestinian properties they took over last year in an abandoned Palestinian market in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hundreds of Israeli border guards moved in at dawn on Tuesday to evict the settlers from the buildings they had been occupying. A police spokesman said 14 police officers and 12 settlers were injured during scuffles, with settlers…
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Haaretz: IDF to halt training in populated West Bank villages
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Defense Forces will no longer conduct reserves training exercises which involve the “capture” of populated villages in the West Bank, the military Advocate General Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit announced this week. Mandelblit informed the human rights organization Yesh Din of the army’s decision pending the completion of an investigation into the practice. Yesh Din approached the advocate general in March, after several complaints were filed by reserves soldiers serving…
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