Tag: Jerusalem
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U.S. group invests tax-free millions in East Jerusalem land
Uri Blau | Ha’aretz 17 August 2009 American Friends of Ateret Cohanim, a nonprofit organization that sends millions of shekels worth of donations to Israel every year for clearly political purposes, such as buying Arab properties in East Jerusalem, is registered in the United States as an organization that funds educational institutes in Israel. The…
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Court refuses to issue restraining order against evicted Sheikh Jarrah Arabs
Jonah Newman & Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 14 August 2009 A Jerusalem District Court rejected on Thursday a request by Jewish families who have taken possession of homes in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood by court order to issue a restraining order against the Arab families who were evicted from those homes. However,…
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PCHR condemns harassment of Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) 11 August 2009 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the harassment and cruel and degrading treatment inflicted upon Palestinian civilians by Israeli troops positioned at military checkpoint throughout the West Bank. PCHR field workers documents three cases of harassment against Palestinian civilians in the first three…