Archive for the “Palestine” category
Tension over control of the Haram al Sharif compound of mosques in Jerusalem’s Old City has reached a pitch unseen since clashes at the site sparked the second intifada nine years ago
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The Bethlehem-based Palestinian news agency Ma’an published a report over the weekend which it said confirmed allegations that IDF soldiers kill Palestinian civilians to harvest their organs.
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Destruction of Gaza’s agriculture means that harvests are likely to fail and the Strip will depend more on handouts. Gaza faces failed harvests after the bombardment by Israel
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Claims have been received by the BBC and an Israeli human rights group that Israeli troops have fired on Gaza residents trying to escape the conflict area. Israel has strongly denied the allegations.
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The major news outlets meekly accepted Israel’s banning of journalists from entering Gaza as an excuse for downplaying collateral civilian casualties
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A Secret Behind Israel’s Siege of Gaza: Palestinians Have Oil and Natural Gas Resources
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The settlers, who claim to be acting in the name of true Judaism, espouse a messianic doctrine advocating violence and terror against non- Jews in Israel-Palestine for the purpose of creating a pure Jewish kingdom that would be ruled by Halacha, or Jewish religious law
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