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Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Sunday for the funeral of Eyad Hallaq, who was shot 19 times by Israeli soldiers in occupied Jerusalem on Saturday. Hallaq had been on his way to school when soldiers began to chase him for no apparent reason.
about 3 days ago
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A Palestinian family was farming near their home in the West Bank. Suddenly, armed Israeli soldiers showed up and attacked them with tear gas and bullets.
about 1 week ago
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A coalition agreement has been reached in Israel. Netanyahu and former military general Benny Gantz will rotate leadership over a unity government. Both are committed to illegally annexing parts of the occupied West Bank as early as this summer.
about 2 weeks ago
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In 2015, Amiram Ben-Uliel, a Jewish settler living on Palestinian land, firebombed a Palestinian home in the West Bank, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh + his parents. Despite tons of evidence, Israeli courts are only now finding Amiram guilty of murder.
about 2 weeks ago
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Palestinian student activist Mays Abu Gosh of Birzeit University was detained in August, 2019. She was interrogated and tortured by Israeli soldiers and left unrecognizable to her parents. Now, Israel is sentencing her to 16 months in prison.
on May 5, 2020
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This is what a Palestinian car looked like after Israeli settlers torched it. These Jewish settlers were in quarantine together when they slipped away to commit hate crimes targeting Palestinians.
on April 14, 2020
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Overnight, Jewish settlers living illegally in the occupied West Bank attacked Palestinians under quarantine using pepper spray, rocks, and firebombs. Israeli settler violence doesn't stop in a pandemic.
on April 14, 2020
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Sanitation workers are key in fighting against the spread of corona. Three Palestinian sanitation workers were cleaning streets in occupied Jerusalem when they were attacked with a knife and tear gas canister by suspected Jewish settlers.
on April 6, 2020
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Jewish settlers live on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank. They routinely destroy farmland, olive groves, and even attack Palestinian homes and schools. You'd think they would stop during the spread of the corona pandemic. But, no, they haven't.
on March 30, 2020