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Two Palestinians shot during settler riot in Saffa
Palestine Solidarity Project 2 May 2009 For three days in a row settlers from the right-wing extremist settlement Bet Ayn have entered the land of Khirbet Saffa, an area of Beit Ommar Municipality, shooting at Palestinian homes and damaging agricultural land. On Friday, May 1, approximately 20 settlers set fire to fruit trees belonging to…
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Rorschach ‘Rachel’
Andrew O’Hehir | Salon 3 May 2009 Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Simone Bitton’s documentary “Rachel,” which premiered this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, is what’s not in it. Bitton, a Moroccan-born Jewish filmmaker who spent many years in Israel and now lives in France, conducts a philosophical and cinematic inquiry into the…
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Release the Palestinian activists arrested in al-Ma’sara
4 May 2009 After arrests and injuries on Workers Day, Palestinian workers and activists call on trade unions around the globe to increase solidarity On May 1, people from the village of al-Ma’sara and the neighbouring villages in Bethlehem area commemorated Workers Day with a march in protest against the Apartheid Wall. The Wall continues…
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Gazans demonstrate in Gaza City for May Day
ISM Gaza 1 May 2009 Thousands of Palestinians, mainly supporters of the 3 main Palestinian leftist parties (PFLP, DFLP, PPP) gathered in Gaza City for the Workers Day demonstration, which was celebrated this year on Thursday the 30th of April because of the holiday on Friday. Many children and young men participated, but almost no…
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Palestinians demonstrate against Susiya settlement expansion
Christian Peacemaker Teams 5 May 2009 Over one hundred Israeli and Palestinian members of Combatants for Peace gathered peacefully in the Palestinian village of Susiya on 5 May to mark the installation in the village of solar panels and a wind turbine which will provide electricity to the Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills.…
