Tag: Ethnic Cleansing
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Support Sheikh Jarrah: International day of actions against house demolitions in Palestine
The community of Shiekh Jarrah calls on the international community to set up tents outside of Israeli embassies worldwide in solidarity with the neighborhoods threatened with eviction or demolition in occupied East Jerusalem. Tents have become a powerful symbol of the struggle of Palestinian people living in occupied East Jerusalem. They have been set up…
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Israel pushes out its own people
Dimi Reider | The Guardian 10 June 2009 Whenever Barack Obama speaks of the Middle East these days, there’s one thing that worries “senior Israeli officials” most. “He didn’t say ‘Jewish state’,” they mutter to reporters. “He had all the time to say these two words, and didn’t. Why didn’t he?” Binyamin Netanyahu himself utters…
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Israeli plans for East Jerusalem hotel raise U.S. ire
Akiva Eldar | Ha’aretz 2 June 2009 Washington is furious over the Interior Ministry’s anticipated approval of a plan to build a new hotel in East Jerusalem, just 100 meters from the Old City’s walls. The plan, which would see the demolition of a wholesale market and kindergarten, is slated to be approved today. In…
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Israelis accused of settlement by stealth
Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 24 May 2009 The Israeli Government is being accused of a plot to transform East Jerusalem with Jewish settlements and drive out Palestinians by stealth. Ir Amim, a Jerusalem based NGO specialising in Israeli Palestinian issues, claims Israeli authorities in collusion with radical Jewish settlers are cementing their hold on…
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Palestinians protest annexation of East Jerusalem
21 May 2009 On Thursday 21st of May, a group Israeli and International activists staged a protest contesting the celebration of Jerusalem day, which marks Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967. Activists held placards showing support for the persecuted Palestinian population of occupied East Jerusalem as right-wing Israelis marched by on their route from…