Tag: Jerusalem
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The complicit silence continues
Haidar Eid | The Palestine Telegraph 1 May 2009 Millions of people looked forward to Barack Obama’s presidency with a sense of pride and hope. But Obama’s first 100 days have raised critical questions about the limits of what we can expect from a Democrat in the White House–and what it will take to get…
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End Palestinian demolitions in Jerusalem, UN tells Israel
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 1 May 2009 The United Nations has called on Israel to end its programme of demolishing homes in east Jerusalem and tackle a mounting housing crisis for Palestinians in the city. Dozens of Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem are demolished each year because they do not have planning permits. Critics…
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Zero Palestinian Evictions, now!
The inhabitants’ associations, international networks, voluntary groups, NGOs, public agencies, citizens of the world, express their indignation at and denounce Israel’s continual policies of eviction and demolition carried out against the Palestinian people, both Palestinians ’48 (citizens of Israel) and Palestinians ’67 (in the Occupied Palestinian Territory). The Israeli Ministry of the Interior demolishes hundreds…
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Jerusalem’s mayor defends demolition of houses in Arab area
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 23 April 2009 Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem defended the demolition of houses in the Arab east of the city today and insisted Jerusalem could not be a future capital of a Palestinian state. Nir Barkat, a secular businessman elected as mayor five months ago, rejected international criticism of demolitions and…
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Israel defies US and destroys Palestinian home
Ben Lynfield | The Independent 23 April 2009 Brushing aside international criticism, Israel demolished a Palestinian house in East Jerusalem in the latest in a series of actions that critics say is racheting up tensions in the city, harming chances for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ammar Hudidon, a resident of the Jebel…