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Celebrities urged to cut ties to settlement financier
Activism News Celebrities urged to cut ties to settlement financier Omid Memarian Having successfully lobbied the UN Children’s Agency UNICEF… Read More »Celebrities urged to cut ties to settlement financier
Malaysians demand british apology for 1948 massacre
Malaysian activists are seeking an apology from Britain for the 1948 massacre of 24 unarmed villagers by British troops during the start of a crackdown against a rising communist insurgency.
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Israel under fire for pushing arabs out of east jerusalem
By Linda Gradstein
(source: www.sphere.com)
East Jerusalem, at the crux of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians for more than 40 years, is more contested than ever this week in light of several reports that suggest Israel is pursuing a deliberate policy of "judaizing" the city Palestinians view as their future capital.
A classified European Union report, leaked to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, slams Israeli policy in East Jerusalem and calls on EU countries to help strengthen Palestinian claims to the city. The Israeli government is particularly concerned at indications that the EU may soon officially recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state.
In addition, an Israeli human rights group says Israel is stripping more and more Palestinians of their Jerusalem residency permits. On Monday, Palestinians and Jews clashed after an Israeli court ruled that the Palestinian family living in a house had no right to occupy an addition they had built onto the house and that settlers could move in.
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