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VTJP News & Articles 23 August 2012: Oil. Religion. Occupation: A Combustible Mix
23 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Zahhar Denies Connection To Facebook Page That Carries His NameIMEMC – Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, denied any relation to a Facebook page that carries his name and places statements allegedly made by him. … Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 21 August 2012: Israel and Iran’s Nuclear Program
21 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Wants Egypt To Withdraw Its Tanks From SinaiIMEMC – Israeli Paper, Maariv, reported Tuesday that the Israeli government demanded Egypt to withdraw its tanks from the Sinai Peninsula after Cairo deployed them to counter extremist groups operating in the area. … Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 8/20/2012: From ‘Crippling Sanctions’ to Total War
20 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers destroy Palestinian Car in HebronIMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers smashed, Sunday, the windshield of a Palestinian car that was parked in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and used a metal barrier to smash its… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 8/19/2012: Report: US labels settler violence as terrorism for first time
19 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center U.S: “Settler Violence Is Terrorism”IMEMC – In its 2011 Country report, an annual report about global terrorist activities, the United States described the escalating attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the Palestinians as “terrorist attacks”. This is the first time the United States describes… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 August 2012: ‘After Zionism’ puts forth debates on one-state solution
17 August 2012 — VTJP News Ma’an News Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem8/17/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — An 18-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured in a fight between a group of Palestinians and Israelis in West Jerusalem on Thursday night, Israeli media reported. Israeli news site Ynet said the man was taken to… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 August 2012
16 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Father, Mother And Children Injured By Settlers FirebombIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Thursday that a cab driver, a Palestinian father, mother and their children, from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, suffered moderate to severe injuries after fundamentalist Israeli settlers hurled a firebomb at the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 July 2012:
27 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Several wounded in nonviolent anti-wall demonstrations in the W.B.IMEMC – In central West Bank, Palestinians organized anti-wall and settlements protests in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and al-Nabi Saleh. Israeli troops used chemical water in addition to tear gas to suppress protesters. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 July 2012: The Zionist-Nazi Collaboration
8 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers and soldiers attack village near Nablus, injuring 5IMEMC – On Saturday 7 July, 2012, the village of Yanoun, located 12km southeast of Nablus, was attacked by illegal settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement. Five Palestinians were injured in the attack and large sections of… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 July 2012
5 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Maher Abu Rmeileh First Palestinian to Qualify for Olympics in JudoIMEMC – Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh becomes the first Palestinian to qualify for the Olympic games based on his performance in a recent qualifying match in Japan. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 July 2012: Caught on video: Israeli policeman kicking Palestinian boy
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Committee of US Presbyterian Church votes to divest from IsraelIMEMC – At its annual assembly in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved in business with the Israeli military, citing human rights abuses… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 July 2012: Israel Continues To Pound Gaza, Injure Civilians
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Planning A Military College In Mount OliveIMEMC – The Israeli Regional Planning and Construction Committee in Jerusalem approved, Monday, a plan to build a Military College near the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Mount Olive, in occupied East Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 June 2012: Israel, US blast UN vote on Palestinian heritage sites
29 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 22 Elected Legislators Still Imprisoned By IsraelIMEMC – Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that the current number of elected Palestinian legislators imprisoned by Israel dropped to 22 after Israel released, on Thursday afternoon, two legislators, the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 June 2012: Israel Plans Demolition of Entire Palestinian Village
27 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli government fails to carry out terms of prisoner agreementIMEMC – Palestinian and international rights groups have condemned the Israeli government’s failure to live up to the agreement made one month ago in order to end the month-long hunger strike of over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 June 2012: Israel demolishes Bedouin village for 39th time
25 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Demolishes Sheds, Confiscates Water Tanks, In Wadi Al-MalehIMEMC – Israeli soldiers demolished, on Monday afternoon, several sheds used by Bedouins in Wadi Al-Maleh area, in the northern plains of the West Bank, and confiscated several water tanks used by the residents, in an attempt… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 June 2012: Israel: promised land for Jews … as long as they’re not black?
24 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Clashes Reported In Hebron After Soldiers Kidnapped A ChildIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the town of Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnaped one child after invading his home and searching it; clashes were reported after… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 June 2012: Pro-Israel Activists Break New Ground: An Anti-Arab Hate Video
23 June 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 16 Palestinians, Including 4 Children, Killed In One WeekIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one resident was killed, and ten others were wounded, when the Israeli army bombarded, on Saturday evening, an area West of Gaza City. The latest attack brings… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 31 May 2012: Mavi Marmara indictments herald an end to Israeli impunity
31 May 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Calls for Intervention in Arrests of Fishermen in GazaIMEMC – The General Union of Palestinian Workers in Gaza demanded that human rights organizations intervene immediately to stop attacks on Palestinian fishermen that occur every fishing season. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 May 2012: Nuclear Israel: Image of Apocalyptic Horror
11 May 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center New UNRWA Upgrade Plan To Improve Dheisheh Refugee CampIMEMC – Dheisheh, the oldest refugee camp in the West Bank, is set to receive a facelift under a new UNWRA upgrade plan. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), is launching a new program… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 May 2012: Israeli government announces plan to forcibly remove 2300 Bedouins
10 May 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Court Injunction Delays Demolitions of Jerusalem Area Bedouin HomesIMEMC – The Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center obtained on Wednesday an injunction order for Khan al-Ahmar Kurshan community. This temporary injunction prevents the demolition of homes of the eight families that received 24-hour eviction notices… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 May 2012: Ads Warn Jewish Parents – Keep Daughters Away from Arabs
9 May 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Negev Prison Refuses To Admit Jailed MP Due To Health ConditionIMEMC – Detained elected Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Jheisha, was moved from the Ofer Israeli prison to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert, but the administration there refused to admit him due to his… Continue reading