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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed in Raging Land Day Protests
The IDF spokesperson confirmed that one Palestinian was killed during clashes at the Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza border during protests to commemorate Land Day on Friday, while dozens more were reportedly injured and arrested in other sites in the West Bank and Israel. Some 15 Palestinians were detained in Issawiya on suspicion of throwing…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Battle Troops in Land Day Protests
At least 34 Palestinians were arrested during clashes at protests to mark Land Day on Friday, and dozens were injured. Some 15 Palestinians were detained in Issawiya on suspicion of throwing stones, while the remainder were detained in Jerusalem. A total of 15 Palestinians were estimated to have been injured in Friday’s clashes. The IDF…
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Fast Forward Muslim Brotherhood Mounts Charm Campaign
“We are the only major political party in Egypt that acknowledged we will honor the treaty with Israel.” The speaker was Dr. Amr Darrag, a senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the Muslim Brotherhood appearing this week in London. Following the FJP’s success in the first free parliamentary elections to take…
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Fast Forward Clashes Erupt at Jerusalem Checkpoint Over Land Day
Clashes erupted on Friday in the north of Jerusalem between IDF soldiers and Palestinian protesters marking Land Day. Protesters at the Kalandia checkpoint hurled rocks at soldiers, who responded with stun grenades and tear gas. Israeli security forces have been on heightened alert Friday ahead of planned demonstrations in Israel and in neighboring countries, with…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army on Alert for Land Day Protests
The Israel Defense Forces has raised its alert level ahead of anticipated protests at Israel’s borders and West Bank checkpoints during Land Day, being marked today in commemoration of a government plan to expropriate Arab lands. The IDF has deployed troops ahead of a solidarity event calling for protest marches up to the Israeli border,…
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Fast Forward Ayalon Jets to U.S. To Derail U.N. Probe
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon made a lightning, secret visit on Thursday to Washington to seek U.S. help in thwarting the work of a UN-sponsored international committee to probe the West Bank settlements. Haaretz has learned that Ayalon was sent to Washington to meet with senior administration officials over the decision of the Geneva-based UN…
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Fast Forward Secret Maps Detail Settlement Land Grabs
For years Israel’s Civil Administration has been covertly locating and mapping available land in the West Bank and naming the parcels after existing Jewish settlements, presumably with an eye toward expanding these communities. The Civil Administration, part of the Defense Ministry, released its maps only in response to a request from anti-settlement activist Dror Etkes…
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Fast Forward Israel Mulls Reprieve for South Sudanese
Israel’s foreign ministry recommended Thursday that the Interior Ministry extend the protection from deportation collectively afforded to refugees from South Sudan by an additional six months. On Sunday, April 1, the collective protection for the citizens of the new nation is set to expire. This would mean that any South Sudanese citizen that will not…
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