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Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave
Al Jazeera: Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave from AlJazeera.Net, 10 May 2007 Saeb Erekat condemned Israel’s plan to build 20,000 homes in Arab east Jerusalem, Photo: AP Israel has announced plans to build 20,000 new homes on the outskirts of occupied East Jerusalem, prompting condemnation from Palestinians. The Israeli plan, announced on Thursday but yet to be ratified by national authorities, envisages three separate Jewish neighbourhoods being set up on land annexed after the 1967 war.…
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Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe
Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe by the ISM Media Crew, 13 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2007 Salfit, West Bank– Tomorrow, Palestinians will be joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists in the Salfit to protest Israel’s confiscation of land and the restriction on Palestinian freedom of movement.Three events have spurred this demonstration. 1. Tomorrow’s action commemorates Al Nakba (“The Catastrophe”), when, in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced to abandon…
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Israeli government demolishes village of Twail Abu-Jarwal
Israeli government demolishes village of Twail Abu-Jarwal Yeela Raanan, Regional Council for the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev. (RCUV), 10 May 2007 On May 8th , 2007, the Government of Israel once more demolished the entire village of Twail Abu-Jarwal in the Israeli Negev: 30 tents and huts. Sunset, the stifling heat of the day had lifted, we sat as the villagers related the destruction that occurred in the morning. They arrived at 9:30am, two…
