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UN decries rising poverty in east Jerusalem
The world's organisation blames Israeli "segregation policies" for the soaring poverty levels among Palestinians.
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Good Morning! A Woman Broke The Sound Barrier 60 Years Ago Today
Good morning, it’s Saturday May 18 and the weekend is getting off to a warm and sunny start.
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Palestinian Christians urge pope to oppose wall
Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its controversial separation barrier on a route they say would cut off their community.
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Palestinian Christians fight barrier route
BEIT JALA, West Bank — Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed — pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch of its West Bank separation barrier through their picturesque valley.
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Bethlehem monastery loses court battle on Israeli wall
By Noah Browning RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Catholic monastery and convent in a secluded valley outside Bethlehem lost a seven-year legal battle against the building of Israel's separation wall on its land on Friday, according to its lawyers. The Society of St. Yves, a Catholic human rights group which argued the case on the monastery's behalf, said an Israeli appeals court had endorsed a ...
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GENEVA - Israeli segregation policies have caused deep economic isolation and left more than 80 percent of Palestinian children in east Jerusalem wallowing in poverty, the UN said in a report published Thursday.
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Palestinian Christians hope new pope will help in battle against Israel's barrier route
Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed — pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch of its West Bank separation barrier through their picturesque valley.
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Palestinian family says son who stabbed Israeli 'did his duty'
By Noah Browning SHWEIKEH, West Bank (Reuters) - Ali Zaghal read the mysterious text message early on Tuesday morning with dread: "Forgive me, brother." Minutes later, his 21-year-old brother Salam stabbed an Israeli settler waiting at a traffic circle in the occupied West Bank, killing him before being shot and arrested by soldiers. While the family of the dead settler mourned their loss, the ...
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Pope urged to oppose Israeli wall
Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its illegal separation barrier on a route they say would cut off their community.
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Israel generates poverty for Arab kids in Jerusalem
GENEVA — Israeli “segregation policies” have caused deep economic isolation and left more than 80 per cent of Palestian children in occupied east Jerusalem wallowing in poverty, the UN said in a report published on Thursday.
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