Tag: Jerusalem
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Sheikh Jarrah residents organize in the face of mass house evictions
Electronic Intifada 7 April 2009 “We are like the roots of a tree. The Israelis may cut us in places, but we will never die. We will not be transplanted from Jerusalem. I will not leave this house,” Maher Hanun tells a crowded room of Palestinian community members supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists.…
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Israeli forces demolish family home of Hussam Dwayat and kill 20 year old Palestinian
7 April 2009 The Israeli army shot dead a young Palestinian in the Sur Bahir village centre in East Jerusalem, while the house of the family of Hussam Dwayat was being demolished in a nearby neighbourhood. The demolition has been carried out as a form of collective punishment to the family of Hussam Dwayat, who…
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Israeli police shoot motorist during house demolition
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 7 April 2009 Israeli police today shot dead a Palestinian driver they said had tried to attack them during the demolition of a Palestinian home in Jerusalem. The driver was shot at a roadblock set up by border police in Sur Bahir, a district on the city’s Arab eastern side.…