Tag: Jerusalem
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Le Monde Diplomatique: “Jerusalem’s apartheid tramway”
by Philippe Rekacewicz and Dominique Vidal Two French companies are involved in the construction and operation of a light rail system from the centre of Jerusalem to a northern terminus. It is promoted as a unifying project: in fact, it will be yet another way to isolate the Palestinians. THE tram will not operate before…
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As the International Community Remains Silent, Israeli Occupation Authorities Continue the Judaization of Occupied Arab Jerusalem
by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, February 11th PCHR strongly condemns diggings conducted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Arab Jerusalem. PCHR further denounces the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque and use of excessive force by IOF against hundreds of Palestinian civilians who attended the Friday…
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PNN: “Nonviolent demonstration to save Al Aqsa Mosque area from Israeli destruction”
by Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, February 4th The cold weather and proliferation of military checkpoints in the city of Jerusalem did not prevent hundreds of citizens from reaching Al Aqsa Mosque to stand in the face of Israeli demolition plans. Sunday’s scheme included destruction at the Moroccan Gate to make a Jewish-only road. Israeli forces are…
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Bedouins to be made homeless for fourth time
by the ISM media team, January 30th photo by AP Early this morning Israeli bulldozers accompanied by the IOF started demolishing Palestinian houses in two East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, Issawiya and Attur, and the village of Eizariya, east of Jerusalem. Eizariya is having its land stolen, houses demolished and olive trees uprooted for the expansion of…
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Haaretz: Twilight Zone / ‘I’ve lost my heart’
by Gideon Levy, January 25th Was it the stun grenade that hit her head, the shock caused by its explosion or the rubber bullet fired by the Border Police? Does it make any difference? Did the Border Policeman intend to kill a child of 11 – or not? What difference does it make? The real…