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Posts Tagged ‘Settler violence’

Reham Alhelsi – Despite all odds, Palestinians carry on with living in the Heart of Hebron

By Reham Alhelsi • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

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Hebron, or Al-Khalil, lies 30 km south of Jerusalem and is the second largest Palestinian city with a population of 163,000 Palestinians. Hebron is one of the commercial centres of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and several industries emerged in Hebron and continue to find their home there. Like the rest of Palestine, [...]

Kahlid Amayreh – License to Kill

By Khalid Amayreh • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Our Authors, Palestine, Religion, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Israeli security circles have warned recently that "organised Jewish terror" against Palestinians (and also against peace-oriented Jews) is on the rise and that steps must be taken to "nip that terror in the bud".
However, Israeli officials, including Defence Minister Ehud Barak, have admitted that "confronting the settlers" is an uphill [...]