Jerusalem
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Israel wages a new war of attrition in Jerusalem By Jonathan Cook
Czech president Milos Zeman offered Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-nationalist government a fillip during his visit to Israel last week. He inaugurated a cultural and trade centre, Czech House, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls. Continue reading
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A new capital? Palestinians say Abu Dis is no substitute for East Jerusalem By Jonathan Cook
The entrance to Abu Dis could not be more disconcerting, given reports that Donald Trump’s administration intends it to be the capital of a future Palestinian state, in place of Jerusalem. The wall, and the security cameras lining the top of it, are the legacy of battles for control of Jerusalem’s borders. Sections of concrete… Continue reading
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Al-Quds/ Jerusalem — the capital By Eric Walberg
Al-Quds is, literally, the holy city, for believers, Jewish, Christian, Muslim alike, called by non-Muslims Jerusalem (from “City of Shalem” after a Canaanite deity, during the early Canaanite period (approximately 2400 BCE)). Continue reading
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PCHR: No to Repeating Balfour Declaration
The undersigned Arab Civil Society Organizations and Coalitions believe that the irresponsible statements by the U.S. President would not change the legal status of the City but convict its issuer and make him a criminal at the international level. Jerusalem has been and will always be an integral part of Land of Palestine based on… Continue reading
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Video: Trump's Jerusalem Embassy Move Was Long in the Works
President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there. Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada says years of US policy set the stage. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy Move Was Long in the Works
President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there. Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada says years of US policy set the stage. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Israeli Archaeological Narratives as an Instrument of Land Grabbing By Beth Staton
It was a find, literally, of biblical proportions. Last week, Israeli archaeologist Eli Shukron boldly claimed that he’d discovered the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of 3,000 years ago – a site that has long evaded discovery, but which is regarded as pivotal to Jewish biblical history. Unsurprisingly, the claim is… Continue reading
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Why does the BBC hide the truth about Jerusalem? By Ameena Saleem
The BBC’s reporting around the status of Jerusalem is “of such a low standard it fails to qualify as journalism,” say campaigners. This argument is the basis of the challenge made last week by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Friends of Al Aqsa (FoA) against the BBC’s insistence on referring to the whole of… Continue reading
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Not just the Prawer Plan: Villages across the West Bank face ‘unrelenting assault’ from Israeli military
Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement. A long list of crimes being committed by the state of Israel… Continue reading
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Video: Girl rapper tells of sharing stairs to her Jerusalem house with Jewish settlers who flash pistols By Annie Robbins
This is a short film produced by Defence for Children Palestine. Tayma ‘Fteiha is a 13-year-old girl rapper who must share the steps to her home in Silwan, East Jerusalem, with settlers who have colonized her neighborhood and aim to demolish Palestinians houses. They flash their pistols at her as they walk up the steps.… Continue reading
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[PCHR_e] Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (22 – 28 August 2013)
29 August 2013 — PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit) Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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‘You don’t oppose settlements… once they’re built’ — AP says to State Dep’t By Philip Weiss
John Kerry’s statement that settlements are illegitimate has opened up new lines of questioning about US foreign policy. Continue reading
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EU stance on settlements threatens Israeli participation in bonanza called ‘Horizon 2020′
Israel is cringing under the European Union’s “guideline” requirement– the demand by the EU to “recognize in writing that the West Bank settlements are not part of Israel.” And Israel is drawing red lines of its own. Continue reading
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Palestine: The Development of Fortified, Ethnically-exclusive Jewish Enclaves in The West Bank By Suzanne Harris-Brandts
Amidst a series of dramatic events in recent weeks, the Palestinian strife of living under Israeli occupation for close to half a century has once again entered global media attention. Contributing to the headlines were two new Israeli announcements of Jewish-only settlement construction in the peripheries of East Jerusalem. Continue reading
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Video: ‘Earthquake’ for Israel: EU To Halt Support For Illegal Settlements
Shir Hever: European Union announces restrictions for funding Israeli colonies; Israeli government in panic because every aspect of Israel’s economy and society could be affected by the EU decision Continue reading
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Video: 'Earthquake' for Israel: EU To Halt Support For Illegal Settlements
Shir Hever: European Union announces restrictions for funding Israeli colonies; Israeli government in panic because every aspect of Israel’s economy and society could be affected by the EU decision Continue reading
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Palestinian statehood idea at ‘dead-end’: Israel minister
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett says that the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state has reached a dead end. Continue reading
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BBC questioned over why it pulled documentary on Jerusalem By Amena Saleem
The BBC is coming under increasing pressure from British Members of Parliament (MPs) and leading pro-Palestinian organizations over recent decisions that throw its impartiality in reporting on the Israeli occupation into serious doubt. Continue reading
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BBC Director General faces claims that political pressure led BBC to drop film on ‘Jewish exile’
Six leading pro-Palestinian organisations have written to the BBC’s Director General asking for answers over the pulling of a documentary which claims that the mass Jewish exodus from Jerusalem in 70 AD may never have happened. Continue reading
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BBC Director General faces claims that political pressure led BBC to drop film on ‘Jewish exile’
Six leading pro-Palestinian organisations have written to the BBC’s Director General asking for answers over the pulling of a documentary which claims that the mass Jewish exodus from Jerusalem in 70 AD may never have happened. Continue reading
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