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Police rescue unemployed Hebron man who tried to hang himself – Video

Ma’an News Agency | Sept 1, 2014 | 16:57 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian police rescued a man who tried to commit suicide in Hebron on Monday because he couldn’t find work, police said. Mahmoud Nimir al-Humouz, 29, from al-Fawwar refugee camp, went to the roof of a building belonging to the UN agency for Palestinian […]

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Further Abductions, Assault of Kids and more Demolitions in West Bank

  Tuesday September 02, 2014 05:05 by IMEMC News & Agencies Israeli forces kidnapped six Palestinians and physically assaulted two teenagers in West Bank districts, on Monday, according to reports by security sources. Also on Monday, seven residential and agricultural structures in the southern Hebron Governorate were demolished. PCHR archive photo Israeli forces raided the […]

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Extended Jewish Setllements in Palestine: Israel’s Latest Land Grab in the West Bank ~ by @StephenLendman

By Stephen Lendman | Global Research, September 01, 2014 On August 31, Israel’s Civil Administration announced confiscation of around 1,000 acres of privately owned Palestinian land.  It lawlessly declared it State Land. It’s to establish a Gva’ot settlement. It’s located south of Bethlehem. It’s in the Southern West Bank. Peace Now calls itself “the leading […]

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#PalestineUnderAttack | Israeli bulldozers demolish Palestinian structures in West Bank

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 02/09/2014 11:46 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli bulldozers demolished a dairy factory in Hebron and Bedouin homes east of Jerusalem early Tuesday, witnesses told Ma’an. Locals said Israeli troops escorted two bulldozers and two excavators to the al-Rama neighborhood in northern Hebron and began demolishing the factory, which is owned by […]

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“But is it good for the Jews?” ~ by Lawrence Davidson

By Lawrence Davidson | Redress | Sept 2, 2014 If you are over 50 and were raised in a Jewish household, you either heard this question, “but is it good for the Jews?” explicitly asked numerous times or were subtly encouraged to think the question to yourself. It reflects a group-centred concern born of the […]

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US criticizes Israel’s plan to grab more Palestinian land

PressTV | Tue Sep 2, 2014 1:16AM GMT The United States has criticized Israel’s plan to grab hundreds of hectares of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. On Sunday, the Israeli military said nearly 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of land in the area of Bethlehem will be seized. The Palestinians criticized the decision and […]

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Egypt slams Israel plan to seize Palestinian land

Ma’an News Agency | September 1, 2014 |  22:41 CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt on Monday denounced Israeli plans to expropriate West Bank land, saying the move violates international law and is an obstacle to efforts for a lasting Palestinian-Israeli settlement. On Sunday, Israel said it would expropriate 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres) of Palestinian land around […]

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Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian grape vines in Beit Ummar

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 01/09/2014 21:34 HEBRON (Ma’an) — A group of Israeli settlers chopped down grape vines on Palestinian agricultural property in northern Beit Ummar on Monday, a popular committee spokesman said Monday. Muhammad Awwad said the settlers destroyed seven grape vines in the Wad Abu al-Rish area near the illegal settlement of […]

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UK government condemns Israel land grab – Video

Anadolu | 01 September 2014 17:52 (Last updated 01 September 2014 17:53) LONDON  Britain’s government condemned Monday what it called an “ill-judged” decision by Israel to confiscate a further 988 acres of Palestinian land in the West Bank, saying it should instead work on a ceasefire in Gaza. Responding to Israel’s claim Sunday to the land […]

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Israeli forces shoot, critically injure Jerusalem teen

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 01/09/2014 13:30 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was critically wounded late Sunday after an Israeli soldier shot him in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet, relatives said. Muhammad Abd Al-Majid Sunuqrut, 16, from Wadi al-Joz suffered a fractured skull after being shot, his father said. The teenager was […]

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Lieberman continues incitement campaign against Arab Israelis

MEMO | Monday, 01 September 2014 12:31   Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has continued his incitement campaign against Arab Israelis on social media by describing a festival of solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which was organised in the Galilee on Friday, as “a demonstration to support terrorism” and calling the participants “traitors”, Arabs48 news […]

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Tension running high in Occupied Jerusalem as health status of Palestinian child (shot in head) worsens

[ PIC 01/09/2014 – 08:09 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A state of swelling tension has flared up on the peripheries of Jerusalem’s Old City, particularly across Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, following the exacerbation of the health status of Palestinian 16-year-old child, Abdul Majid Sunkqrat, shot in the head by the Israeli police on Sunday evening. […]

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Israeli NGO says scope of new land grab unprecedented since 1980s – Video

    Published on Aug 31, 2014 Palestinians slam the Israeli army’s announcement of new land grabs in the occupied West Bank, calling for international action against Tel Aviv.     THE LEGAL RIGHT OF RESISTANCE Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right? 81 Notre Dame Law Review1275 (2006). Conducting an in-depth study of the genocide […]

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Israel seizes PA tax revenues, official says

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 01/09/2014 12:17 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israel has seized some 200 million shekels ($55 million) from monthly tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, a senior Palestinian official told Ma’an on Monday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Israel took a cut of 90 […]

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Israeli forces detain 7 Palestinians in Nablus refugee camp

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 01/09/2014 11:03 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided the al-Fara refugee camp in Nablus overnight and detained seven Palestinians, locals said. Witnesses told Ma’an that 15 military jeeps and armored personnel carriers raided the camp from several directions and broke into dozens of houses. The home of a senior official […]

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