Hebron
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Israeli Occupation Builds Villas for Carmel Settlers, Destroys the Hut of their Widow Neighbor. YOU Can Do Something about it
Miyaser Al-Hatheleen is a 45-year-old woman living in Umm al-Kheir, South Hebron Hills. Her house was first demolished by the Israeli Occupation authorities in October 2008, together with other dwellings belonging to her relatives Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 December 2011: Hebron: Occupation and Sterilization
2 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Turkey To Grant Hamas $300 Million IMEMC – Turkish sources reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, sent a confidential letter to Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, inviting him to visit Turkey, and informing him that Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 November 2011: ‘Abraham Day’: Extremists Celebrate ‘Purchase’ of Palestinian City
20 November 2011 — VTJP International Middle East Media Center Israeli sources: Bill to limit Israeli human rights groups’ funding stalled by Prime Minister IMEMC – Unnamed Israeli sources in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office told Israeli reporters Sunday that a bill to severely restrict funding to Israeli human rights groups, which was passed by Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 August, 2011: Settlers Uproot Olive Trees, Grapevines, Plum Trees Near Hebron
24 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Another Quds Fighter Assassinated In Gaza IMEMC – Wednesday August 24, 2011 – 22:59, The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, reported on Wednesday at night that one of its fighters was assassinated when the Israeli Air Force Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 August, 2011: Doctor: Israel using new weapons against Gaza
22 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Kadima Opposition Party Demands Massive Military Attack On Gaza IMEMC – Monday August 22, 2011 – 10:09, Officials of the Israeli Kadima opposition party, headed by Tzipi Livni, are currently demanding the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a large-scale military offensive Continue reading
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PCHR: In the Widest Military Operation since 2004, IOF Arrest Dozens of Palestinian Civilians in Hebron
In conjunction with the current escalation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched in the early morning of Sunday, 21 August 2011, a large-scale military campaign against many neighbors and streets and dozens of houses in Hebron. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 August, 2011: Israeli forces ‘fire live ammunition’ at Hebron rally
20 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Apologizes To Egypt For Killing Three Of Its Soldiers IMEMC – Sunday August 21, 2011 – 03:04, Israel submitted on Saturday an apology to Egypt over the death of three Egyptian soldiers who were killed by the Israeli army on Thursday following Continue reading
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Electronic Intifada 15 August 2011: Women in Hebron | Rafah closure frustration | Throwing rocks | And more …
15 August 2011 — Update from the Electronic Intifada RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 July, 2011: Israel seizes last flotilla boat in int’l waters 40 miles from Gaza
19 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama Demands Turkey To End Crisis With Israel IMEMC – Tuesday July 19, 2011 – 14:21, Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Tuesday that American President, Barack Obama, is demanding Turkey to end its crisis with Israel in order to avoid any further deterioration in Continue reading
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Palestine: Another Well and Another Goat
Here is the unlikely battlefield. You have a mountain slope, baked dry, thousands of sun-bleached rocks, millions of thorns. It issues into an even drier wadi, on the other side of which another slope of rocks and thorns rises up only to descend into the next wadi, and so it goes from ridge to ridge… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 May, 2010: Israeli nuclear whistleblower returned to prison for 3-month sentence
23 May 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli nuclear whistleblower returned to prison for 3-month sentence IMEMC – 23 May 2010 – Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s nuclear whistleblower who served 18 years in prison for exposing Israel’s secret nuclear weapons production facility in Dimona, was taken back to prison Sunday after requesting Continue reading
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Hebron From All Angles
For the past three Saturdays I have attended the new wave of weekly Hebron protests in the Casbah (Old City). The protests are intended to disrupt army-accompanied settler tours that pass through the Casbah each week, and demand the re-opening of Shuhada Street and an end to the occupation of the city. Continue reading
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The Global Movement Spreads: New Wave of Protests in Hebron By Avital Aboody
On April 24, 2010 at around 15:45 a group of approximately 50 Palestinian, Israeli, and International activists gathered in Hebron next to the checkpoint gate separating Shuhada Street from the Casbah. The protest was organized by a Palestinian group in Hebron called “Youth Against Settlements” and the organizers hope to hold these protests every week… Continue reading
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Amir, ten years old, abducted by Israeli soldiers from his bed By Nora Barrows-Friedman
Israeli soldiers broke into the house, snatch ten-year old Amir from his bed, threatened his parents with death by gunfire if they tried to protect him, and took him downstairs under the stairwell. They would beat him so badly that he would bleed internally into his abdomen, necessitating overnight hospitalization. In complete shock and distress,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 February, 2010: Police: Hamas leader’s killers drugged him
One of the best aggregations of news and analysis on the situation in Palestine. Frequency: almost daily. Continue reading
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Palestinian Protester to Blair: You are a Terrorist
“You are a terrorist, you are not welcome in the land of Palestine”. A Palestinian from the Hamdan family shouted these words in the face of Tony Blair, Quartet Representative for ‘Peace’ in the Middle East, when he arrived at the Iron Cage at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. A bodyguard of… Continue reading
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Reham Alhelsi – Despite all odds, Palestinians carry on with living in the Heart of Hebron
The presence of these illegal settlers in the heart of Hebron, mainly in the Casaba, had led to the closure of many commercial shops, and many residents were either forced out of their houses or left due to lack of security and livelihood. Severe restrictions are placed upon the Palestinians, including restrictions on movement in… Continue reading
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Israeli Terrorist Settler Shooting Palestinians in Hebron
Footage filmed by Jamal Abu-Sa’ifan, a Palestinian resident of Hebron, documenting a terrorist Israeli settler shooting two members of his family. The event occurs following the eviction settlers from a Palestinian house they occupied in Hebron. Settlers attacked the nearby house of the Abu-Se’ifan family, and during ensuing clashes, a settler fired his handgun at Continue reading
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Kobi Ben Simon: God’s Little Acre
Israel inside the Green Line may be the new frontier for extremist Zionist settlement. Apparently, the West Bank settlement project is considered secure enough to move on to more challenging pastures. As the Rabbi himself notes in the article, “we had carried out a great project in the settlements for the past 30 years, but… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 