Tag: Ethnic Cleansing
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Chicago activists drop 88 banners across city protesting Israeli eviction and demolition of Palestinian homes
13 July 2009 Monday, July 13th 2009, 5am: In perhaps the largest campaign of its kind in Chicago’s history, over a dozen activists dropped 88 banners across Chicagoland this morning decrying Israel’s policies of evicting or destroying Palestinian homes. Each banner represents one of 88 Palestinian homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan…
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Copenhagen demonstrates in solidarity with East Jerusalem residents facing evictions and demolitions
13 July 2009 International day of solidarity with East Jerusalem residents facing eviction or demolition of their homes. Demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen. At 8.30 in the morning on Monday 13th of July Scandinavian activists showed their solidarity with the Palestinians in East Jerusalem facing eviction or demolition of their houses…
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Transportation Ministry to Hebraize road signs
Udi Etzion | YNet News 13 July 2009 Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz recently ordered a change in roadside signs across Israel’s highways so that the all names appearing on them in English and Arabic would be a direct transliteration of Hebrew. For example, the sign directing drivers to Jerusalem would read Yerushalayim, Nazareth will become…