Tag: Bethlehem
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Peace workers denied access to Bethlehem
In the early hours of this morning the Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv airport stopped a group of international observers who were en route to a Christmas peace conference in Bethlehem. After lengthy interrogations, two (UK) were allowed to enter the country and three were denied entry on ‘security grounds’. The three (S Africa, Italy,…
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AP: Israel Raids Offices of Activist Group
Jason Keyser | Associated Press JERUSALEM – The Israeli army raided the West Bank offices of a foreign pro-Palestinian group yesterday, confiscating computers and documents and arresting an American and an Australian, witnesses and a group spokeswoman said. Israeli troops also demolished eight Palestinian homes yesterday in the Gaza Strip near the site of an…
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Israeli soldiers attack children in Bethlehem
by Kristin Ess Over 1000 children, aged roughly between 8 and 12 years old, gathered today in Manger Square in front of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity to demonstrate in support of the Iraqi people. The kids were holding hand-made signs and banners. Manger Square is not near an Israeli imposed checkpoint, nor is it…