Tag: Ethnic Cleansing
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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 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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A demonstration will be held outside the demolished Darwish Hijazi home in Sheikh Jarrah
UPDATE: All activists were given a condition to stay out of East Jerusalem for 3 weeks and will be released later today. For Immediate Release: 4pm, Monday 27 July 2009: A demonstration will be held outside the Darwish Hijazi home to protest the demolition of the home and the ethnic cleansing of occupied East Jerusalem.…