Protests in the Occupied Palestinian city of Hebron continue for a fifth consecutive day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new Israeli “heritage” plan. In his plan, national and holy sites in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be classified as Israeli “heritage.” This move comes at a time when tensions in the city are already high due to settler takeovers and the commemoration of the 16th annual day of solidarity in memory of the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.
This program was produced by The Real News for February 28, 2010.
Michael Ratner reports on his recent visit to the West Bank. Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.
This program was produced by The Real News for February 15, 2010.
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An Israel soldier killed in the West Bank, as jet fighters attack targets in Gaza. These stories and more in today’s update from Palestine.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 10, 2010.
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There were 29 civilians detained during pre-dawn raids in the West Bank, and armed, Israeli settlers occupy a 500-Dunam Palestinian mountain south of Nablus. These stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 4, 2010.
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Queens residents and local advocates rally against a controversial fundraising event at Citifield this weekend.
This program was produced by NY1.com for November 20, 2009.
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The New York Mets and the business of terrorism
A fundraiser to support a Brooklyn-based Jewish group and its settlement in the Middle East is creating controversy in Queens. NY1’s Ruschell Boone filed the following report.
This program was produced by NY1 for November 18, 2009.
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Members of Ta’ayush and the Christian Peacemaker Teams accompany sheep herders from the village of Tuba to their lands near the settlement of Maon in the Southern West Bank. The settlers of Maon have often attacked the children and anyone with them including the CPT teams. The volunteers also intervene in a settler attack on Palestinians near the illegal outpost of Avigal.
This program was produced by Joseph Dana for July 4, 2009.
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Residents clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem and the military kidnaps 15 civilians during invasions in the West Bank, these stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for June 18, 2009.
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Hundreds protest against the continued Israeli attack on Gaza while the death toll in the coastal region reaches 997 killed.
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The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back visiting the region within the framework of US efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while Israeli forces continue to close all the Gaza border crossings, as they have done for more than two years. These stories and more in this week’s update.
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