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Israeli officials slam New York Times for omitting terrorist past of Palestinian Op-Ed writer
Israeli officials and U.S. Jewish groups blasted The New York Times for publishing an Op-Ed by Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti and not indicating that he is serving five life terms for the murder of Israelis. Barghouti, whose Op-Ed published Sunday under the title “Why We Are on Hunger Strike in Israel’s Prisons” marked the beginning Monday of a hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinians jailed in Israel seeking more favorable conditions, was identified at the end of his article simply as “a Palestinian leader and parliamentarian.”
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The Day Ends
May 5, Boats moored in the seaport of Gaza City at sunset
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With no currency of their own, Palestinians eye 'bitcoin' as alternative to Israeli cash
Head of Palestinian 'central bank' eyes bitcoin-style digital money: 'If we print currency, we'll need clearance from the Israelis'
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Palestinians dispute IS claim for deadly attack on Israel
Palestinian militants disputed an Islamic State claim Saturday that it was behind a deadly attack against Israel, saying it was their people who killed a female police officer on duty near Jerusalem's Old City. Family members of the attackers said they were deeply religious men who acted on their own.
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Israel seizes solar panels donated to Palestinians by Dutch government
The Netherlands has lodged a complaint with the Israeli government after dozens of Dutch solar panels donated to a West Bank village were confiscated by Israeli authorities. The hybrid diesel and solar power electricity system was installed last year in remote Jubbet al-Dhib, a village home to 150 people in an area of the West Bank occupied by Israel.
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Palestinian baby ‘dies from tear gas inhalation’
A Palestinian toddler in the occupied West Bank has died from complications arising from an incident in which tear gas canisters were fired by the Israel Defence Force (IDF) into his home earlier this year, the Palestinian Authority has said. 18-month-old Abdul Rahman Barghouti of Aboud, near Ramallah died of asphyxiation on Friday after being hospitalised on 19 May, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Monday.
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Israeli police enforce court order to evict Palestinians from longtime home
Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from a home in east Jerusalem Tuesday to make way for new Jewish tenants who claimed ownership. Municipality officials backed by armed police officers enforced a court order to remove the six-member Shamasneh family from a home claimed by heirs of a Jewish family forced to abandon it in 1948 when it came under Jordanian control. Israel took control of the area after the 1967 war and continued existing rental arrangements with Arab tenants.
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As olive harvest begins, settlers flood Palestinian trees with sewage
Israeli colonists flooded, Tuesday, dozens of Palestinian olive trees with sewage water, in Deir al-Hatab town, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Coordinator of the Israeli Rabbis for Human Rights organization in the occupied West Bank, Zakaria al-Sidda, said the colonists flooded the olive orchards near Elon Moreh illegal colony. He added that the Palestinian owners of the olive orchards have been isolated from them, and are only allowed to reach them twice a year through special permits and coordination.
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Everything wrong with Theresa May’s ridiculous assertion that we should feel ‘proud’ of the Balfour Declaration
Let’s remember what the document actually said in 1917 – and consider what the Israeli ambassador to the UK said this week. By Robert Fisk.
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More than 150 Israeli soldiers storm Palestinian village at 1:20 A.M
Yesterday morning in the West Bank village of Bil’in (Palestine), Israeli military and police forces performed violent late night/early-morning raids upon approximately 15 Palestinian homes. The Israeli forces arrived to the village from various directions in as many as 20 armored military jee...
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Turkey says declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital will start 'fire with no end in sight'
The Turkish government’s spokesman on Wednesday said that the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will plunge the region and the world into “a fire with no end in sight”. “Declaring Jerusalem a capital is disregarding history and the truths in the region, it is a big injustice/cruelty, shortsightedness, foolishness/madness, it is plunging the region and the world into a fire with no end in sight,” Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Twitter.
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Two killed, hundreds wounded after clashes erupt across West Bank, Gaza over U.S. Jerusalem pivot
At least two Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded across the West Bank and Gaza, medical sources said Friday, as angry demonstrators took to the streets in another “day of rage” against President Trump’s controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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Donald Trump says recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will bring peace – it will do quite the opposite
Trump has turned away from any notion of fairness in peace negotiations and run with Israel’s ball. By Robert Fisk.
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The Ghost of the Mechanical Turk
Digital microwork in the Middle East exploits occupation, war, and neoliberalism to extract the cheapest labor possible. By Miranda Hall.
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There's a sharp split among Christians over Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital – LA Times
For Holy Land Christians, President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was about as welcome as a biblical curse. For American evangelical Christians, it has been welcomed as an auspicious sign from on high. The divide reflects two diverging views of Jerusalem.
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Israel praises Guatemala over decision to move embassy to Jerusalem
President Jimmy Morales follows Donald Trump by announcing plans to relocate his country’s embassy to the disputed city
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Mideast needs two-state solution, Pope says in Christmas message
Pope Francis used his Christmas message on Monday to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked regional tensions with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Poisoned toothpaste and exploding phones: Israel linked to 2,700 assassination operations in 70 years
A new book also strongly suggests that Israel used radiation poisoning to kill Yasser Arafat, the longtime Palestinian leader, an act its officials have consistently denied. Poisoned toothpaste that takes a month to end its target’s life. Armed drones. Exploding cell phones. Spare tires with remote-control bombs. Assassinating enemy scientists and discovering the secret lovers of Islamic holy men...
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Palestine: Jewish Settlers Torch 100 of World's Oldest Olive Trees
Israeli settlers in the northern occupied West Bank have razed to the ground huge swathes of Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the town of Huwara, according to reports. The fields were set on fire by "masked settlers", Al-Resalah newspaper reports, who snuck on to the land and poured petrol on it before setting it alight. Around 100 olive trees were destroyed in the blaze, which spread as locals were prevented from attending the fire by Israeli forces.
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Slovenia to recognize 'Palestine' as independent state
Slovenia will recognize the Palestinian Authority as an independent state, the southern European nation’s Foreign Minister told Israel Monday night, despite recent claims to the contrary by the Slovenian president. Last week, President Borut Pahor told AFP he did not expect that a proposal to recognize Palestinian statehood would pass, and expressed his opposition to such a move.
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