Thirteen years ago Omer Atidiah situated his private farm on Palestinian land north of Jericho; since then his name has terrorized the area Amira Hass Sep 02, 2017 2:04 AM The voice that answered the phone sounded very pleasant. Omer Atidiah listened to my request to meet and talk with …
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Dozens of Palestinian children were due to begin classes in Jubbet al-Dib, a village near Bethlehem, last week. But on the evening of 22 August, Israeli occupation forces destroyed their new school. It consisted of six prefabricated buildings largely funded by the European Union and several of its governments. During the five-hour …
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School facilities donated by international bodies in four Palestinian communities destroyed just before beginning of new school year Belgium has demanded the Israeli authorities provide “explanations as well as compensation” for the demolition of new school facilities for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank which were donated by the EU. The six newly installed steel …
Read More »Jerusalem, 24/08/2017 – 14:02 – UNIQUE ID: 170824_3 The European Union Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah issue the following statement. The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah express strong concern about the recent confiscations of Palestinian school structures undertaken by Israel in Bedouin communities …
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Chris Doyle | Tuesday 22 August 2017 As much of the world engages with a variety of security threats ranging from car rammings, bombings and stabbings to neo-Nazi white supremacist marches, the Israeli army has been dealing with its own security priorities too. This supposed democratic bastion of “western civilization” does indeed …
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Yotam Berger Aug 21, 2017 2:18 AM Israel Threatens to Demolish Bedouin Homes Despite High Court Order In legal spat, Civil Administration says Bedouin groups are playing for time and not addressing the issue in disputed E1 area near Ma’aleh Adumim The High Court of Justice has forbidden the demolition …
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UN and international NGOs warn that risk of forcible transfer could affect around 7000 Palestinians living in Area C. Khan al-Ahmar, East Jerusalem – A last minute temporary injunction to stop the demolition of the entire community of Khan al-Ahmar, a Palestinian Bedouin community that has been struggling against an Israeli army …
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Army authorities violate established procedure of waiting until High Court makes an interim decision on a petition before acting Yotam Berger | Aug 10, 2017 6:12 AM The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank seized solar panels that powered a Bedouin school and a preschool outside Jerusalem on Wednesday, even …
Read More »08/08/2017 | 14:00 | Press release | 507/17 | Foreign affairs & international relations 10 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which established a framework for the rights, dignity and well-being of indigenous peoples. Since then, there has been a …
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July 18, 2017 9:45 PM BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Supreme Court is currently deciding the fate of an unrecognized Bedouin village in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank, scheduled to be demolished and its population transferred to an adjacent village in March 2018, according to a …
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