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Fast Forward As Rashida Tlaib Takes Her Seat, #TweetMyThobe Is Trending
Representative Rashida Tlaib took her seat in the House in a red embroidered thobe on Thursday, becoming one of the first two Muslim women to do so. The support behind her and her traditional Palestinian robe was evident, with women around the country sharing photos of their own gowns. A thobe, a long, hand-embroidered robe,…
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Fast Forward Palestinian American Gets Life For Selling Jerusalem Property To Jewish Settlers
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian on Monday to life imprisonment for violating a ban on selling land to Israelis, judiciary officials said. The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, called in November for dual national Issam Akel to be released, saying his suspected crime was “selling land to a…
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Opinion This Palestinian Was Tortured. But No One Cares Because It Wasn’t By Israel.
Issam Aqel, a Palestinian-American with Israeli residency, has been detained, arrested and tortured. You may be surprised that you’ve never heard of Aqel. It’s usual for the plight of the Palestinians to make big news. But the ugly truth is, they only make big news when they’ve been hurt by Israel. And Aqel was tortured…
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News Meet The Dream Defenders, Black Americans Who Embrace The Palestinian Struggle
On a chilly January morning in Nazareth, a group of young Americans of color, some swathed in kaffiyehs, performed a traditional Arab folk dance before chanting “Ferguson to Palestine, end the occupation! Ferguson to Palestine, we fight to free our nation!” Captured on a 10-minute video, the protest was entitled “Solidarity Demonstration in Nazareth: Ferguson…
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Fast Forward Rambo, Dog Who Helped Catch Palestinian Militant, Honored By Israel’s President
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rambo the dog visited the president of Israel, who honored him for his role in capturing a Palestinian terrorist. Rambo, a 5-year-old Belgian Shepherd mix, was injured during an operation earlier this month with the Police counter-terrorism unit to capture the Palestinian man suspected of killing two Jewish-Israeli co-workers at a factory…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Driver Shot While Attempting To Run Down Israelis In West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was shot and wounded as he attempted to run over with his car Israeli soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus station in the northern West Bank. The Israelis were waiting at the bus stop at a junction just south of Nablus, near a military base, according to the…
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Fast Forward Israel Arrests 100 Palestinians In West Bank Crackdown
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli forces arrested over 100 Palestinians over the past weekend as part of an anti-terror crackdown launched in the wake of last week’s uptick in violence in the West Bank. “There were 100 arrests over the weekend, and another 36 yesterday,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a visit to the Giva’at…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Flag Painted Over Part Of Anti-Semitism Awareness Mural
A mural painted on Pomona College’s “free speech” wall intended to raise awareness of the rise in anti-Semitism in the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was partially painted over by a Palestinian flag, the Claremont Independent reported. “Palestine exists. Acknowledge it,” was painted next to the original phrase, “Anti-Semitism Exists. Acknowledge it.” Claremont College’s…
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