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Israel evicts Palestinians from Jerusalem homes
Charly Wegman | AFP 2 August 2009 Israeli riot police wielding clubs kicked out two Palestinian families from their homes in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, defying international protests over Jewish settlement activity in the area. Clashes erupted after police moved in at dawn around the homes in the upmarket Arab district of Sheikh Jarrah…
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Israeli settlers arson Palestinian land in al-Bueri
2 August 2009 Settlers occupying an illegal outpost near al-Bueri in Hebron District set alight four fields of grape-vines belonging to local Palestinian families just weeks before the grape harvest season is due to begin. On Saturday residents raised the alarm as the blaze began to spread shortly after midday on land owned by the…
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Hebron settler stabs Palestinian
2 August 2009 Hebron is a divided city. Around 500 hundred Israeli settlers illegally occupy buildings in the city centre and to accommodate them the lives of over 180,000 Palestinians have been thrown into disorder.Palestinians’ movement through their own city is severely restricted: thousands of Israeli soldiers man checkpoints along a line of segregation that…
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Israeli forces evict the Hanoun and al-Ghawe families from their Sheikh Jarrah homes
UPDATE: Seven of the arrested activists were released after court, with a condition to not be in Sheikh Jarrah for 3 weeks. One American solidarity activist has been taken to the immigration prison for deportation. Another international activist is reportedly refusing to give her name and intends to go on hunger-strike, according to the released…
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Israel asks Spain to stop funding group that reported IDF ‘crimes’ in Gaza
Barak Ravid | Ha’aretz 02 August 2009 Israel on Thursday asked the government of Spain to halt its funding for the human rights group Breaking the Silence, which has been critical of the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct during January’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Similar requests have been made of Britain and The Netherlands. Senior…
