Life under occupation
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| IDF to demolish home of teen terrorist who called for more violence before attack | | Elior Levy, Yoav Zitun, Shar Hay & AP - Ynet - New security measures were set up at the entry gates to the Temple Mount by Israel, following the deadly terrorist attack that took the lives of two Israeli police officers last week. The added security measures caused a wave of backlash in the Muslim community, with Friday night`s deadly terrorist attack carried out by al-Abed, earlier clashes with Israel Police in which three Palestinian protestors were killed, as well as wide scale protest prayers and riots around Jerusalem. [bz] | 22/7/2017 |
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| Why is UN pushing for Gaza’s surrender? | | Maureen Clare Murphy -
Electronic Intifada
"...what the report actually does is reveal how the UN has
apparently aligned with Israel and its international backers in
pushing for Gaza’s total surrender to its tormentors.This is made
evident with the background context provided in the report which
frames Israel’s economic blockade on Gaza as the response to Hamas’
takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007, which Piper’s report perversely
describes as a “coup.” ca
| 21/7/2017 |
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| Two Million Gazans Swelter in the Dark | | Mohammed Omer -
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
"The unremitting electric blackouts—sometimes for as long as 20 to
22 hours a day—along with ill-equipped hospitals and closed borders,
mean that many people in Gaza literally face death as a result of
Israel’s collective punishment." ca | 21/7/2017 |
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| Saving Israel by Ending the Occupation | | Jessica Montell - Palestine-Israel Journal - What is striking is the
absence of Israeli public awareness and discussion regarding the
effects of the occupation on Israeli society. This is the rationale
behind SISO, a new movement whose name stands for Save Israel, Stop
the Occupation. SISO is a partnership of Israelis and Diaspora Jews,
founded to leverage this 50th year to serve as a catalyst for real
change.-rh | 20/7/2017 |
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| Sensing an opportunity, Israel targets UNRWA and the Palestinian right of return | | Ben White - MEMO - UNRWA has long been a bête noire of Israeli
politicians and pro-Israel advocacy groups, who in recent years have
attacked the agency over allegations of ‘incitement’ in schools,
employees’ social media posts, and claims of compromised neutrality
during Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Such complaints – which have
lacked in substance and accuracy – are, however, primarily proxy
targets for the fundamental reason why UNRWA is so despised: in the
words of Netanyahu, “by its very existence”, the agency “perpetuates –
and does not solve – the Palestinian refugee problem”. So, what does
Netanyahu mean? To unpack this further, consider this piece written by
fellows at right-wing institute Middle East Forum, praising
Netanyahu’s call for the dismantling of UNRWA.-rh | 20/7/2017 |
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| Palestinian succession gets more complicated | | Daoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - Hopes that Saeb Erekat, the head of the
Palestinian negotiating team, would succeed President Mahmoud Abbas
have been dashed by news that Erekat has to undergo an urgent lung
transplant, thus further complicating the Palestinian political
scene.-rh
| 19/7/2017 |
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| The children of Nabi Saleh in Israeli prisons: a conversation with Bassem Tamimi | | Richard Hardigan - Mondoweiss - The demonstrations in the West Bank
village of Nabi Saleh began in December of 2009. The villagers have
been protesting against the theft of a local spring by the nearby
illegal Israeli settlement of Halamish, but it has also been a battle
against the Occupation in general. The Israeli authorities have
responded to the protests in brutal fashion. In addition to three
deaths and countless injuries over the years, the treatment of
children has been particularly horrifying.-rh | 19/7/2017 |
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| Gaza on Verge of Collapse as Israel Sends 2.2M People "Back to Middle Ages" in Electricity Crisis | | Democracy Now - Israeli-imposed restrictions have limited electricity
in Gaza to barely four hours a day, creating a humanitarian
catastrophe for its 2 million residents. In 2012, the World Health
Organization warned that Gaza would be uninhabitable by 2020. The U.N.
now says the area has already become unlivable, with living conditions
in Gaza deteriorating faster than expected. We go directly to Gaza to
speak with Raji Sourani, an award-winning human rights lawyer and
director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza. We also
speak with Tareq Baconi, author of the forthcoming book, "Hamas
Contained: The Rise & Pacification of Palestinian Resistance." He is a
policy fellow at Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network.-rh | 19/7/2017 |
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| MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: PALESTINIANS URGE `DAY OF RAGE` AS ISRAEL IMPOSES HOLY SITE MEASURES AFTER ATTACK | | Jack Moore - Newsweek - The Palestinian Fatah party, led by
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, called for a "Day of
Rage" on Wednesday to protest new Israeli security measures at the
contested Jerusalem holy site after a deadly shooting attack that
killed two policemen last week. Israel closed the site on Friday after
three Arab-Israeli citizens from the northern city of Umm al-Fahm
carried out a shooting attack near the entrance to the site known as
the Temple Mount to Jews, and the Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble
Sanctuary, to Muslims.Israeli authorities reopened the compound to
Muslims on Sunday, and non-Muslims on Monday, but with extra security
measures, such as metal detectors. The city`s police said it was a
necessary requirement for the site to open.-rh | 19/7/2017 |
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| Israeli-Palestinian water deal could chart course for further talks | | Shlomi Eldar - Al Monitor - An agreement between Israel and the
Palestinian Authority on the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project could
build some trust between the sides, but the Palestinians are leery of
any impact from it going into negotiations.-rh
| 19/7/2017 |
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| When Gaza has no power, we all swim in sewage | | Hagai El-Ad - +972 - As Netanyahu drinks water from a new Israeli mobile
desalination technology with the visiting Indian prime minister,
Israel’s actual desalination plant, planted firmly next to Gaza, stares
down the consequences of Israel’s disastrous policies: raw sewage
flowing its way.-rh | 19/7/2017 |
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| 8th Kite Festival in Burin | | al-Khalil team -
International Solidarity Movement -
"The festival is kind of a tradition for this town, but has not taken place for the last three years, because the main organiser and head of the Burin Youth Committee, Target Organisation for Rural Development, Ghassan Najar was in prison, having been arrested for hosting the last Kite Festival in 2014." - id
| 19/7/2017 |
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| Two Palestinian Fishermen wounded by Israeli Navy shootings off Khan Younis | | The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) - “At approximately
19:00, I headed out with two other fishermen, Ibrahim and Murad
(who owns the boat). We kept within the limited area allowed
[by Israel] for fishing. After two hours, while we were withdrawing
the fishing net out of the water, an Israeli gunboat suddenly
approached to within 15 meters away from us. The Israelis started
shooting. I felt severe pain in my right leg and fell on the deck.
Ibrahim was wounded as well. We started yelling, and Murad shouted
that we were wounded. We heard the Israeli soldiers talking but did
not understand. After minutes, Murad sailed to the shore, and
Ibrahim and I were taken to Naser Hospital in Khan Younis. [ak] | 18/7/2017 |
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| Yet Another Military Trial in the Occupied Territories | | Khulood Badawi - Human Rights Watch - Amro, the prominent founder and coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, and Human Rights watchdog al-Atrash were charged with “demonstrating without license,” “entering a closed military zone,” “incitement,” and “obstructing an officer,” at a February 2016 protest.
The protesters were demanding Israeli authorities reopen al-Shuhada Street in Hebron, a key artery that the Israeli military has heavily restricted for the 40,000 Palestinians of Hebron to protect 500 Israeli settlers who reside in the area. Israeli restrictions, which include over 100 physical obstacles across Hebron have transformed al-Shuhada street from a vibrant street full of Palestinian shops and shoppers into a virtual ghost town of shuttered windows and graffiti. - Amro also currently faces 14 other charges related to his nonviolent activism. [bz]
| 18/7/2017 |
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| Israeli forces shoot young Palestinian in East Jerusalem, raid hospital where he is treated | | Ma`an - The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said that Israeli troops stormed the area of Ein al-Luza and fired stun grenades and live fire haphazardly, while young residents threw Molotov cocktails and fireworks in response.
One Palestinian was seriously injured during the raid, according to the information center, and taken to a hospital, where he underwent surgery.
The center added that Israeli police raided the al-Makassed Hospital east of the Old City of Jerusalem, seeking to detain the injured Palestinian.
Official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the young man was taken from his hospital bed by Israeli forces. [bz] | 18/7/2017 |
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| Apartheid illustrated: Israeli soldier shoots another soldier in Hebron | | al-Khalil team -
International Solidarity Movement -
"The Israeli forces immediately closed the whole area to Palestinians by closing all the checkpoints, collectively punishing the civilian Palestinian population." - id | 12/7/2017 |
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| Residency Revocation: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians from Jerusalem | | AlShabaka - Under international law, East Jerusalem is considered an
occupied territory and the de facto annexation of the city by the
Israeli government is considered illegal. Throughout its occupation,
Israel has enacted discriminatory laws and policies to diminish the
presence of the Palestinian population in East Jerusalem. By granting
Palestinians a “permanent” residency status to live in Jerusalem,
entry into and residency in Jerusalem becomes a revocable privilege,
instead of an inherent right.-rh | 12/7/2017 |
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| How Israel’s 10-Year Blockade Brought Gaza to the Brink of Collapse : The crisis in Gaza is not simply a humanitarian tragedy. It’s a moral outrage. | | Tareq Baconi - The Nation - he stories read like dispatches from a
nightmare, describing a reality that is almost too extreme to fathom:
nearly 2 million people locked inside a land mass the size of
Philadelphia, the borders carefully controlled, the movement of goods
and humans severely restricted; as much as 72 percent of the
population facing food insecurity and 41 percent struggling with
unemployment; hospitals forced to rely on generators for life-saving
equipment, while supplies of life-saving medicines dwindle to
dangerous levels; and looming in the not-far-off distance, as water
treatment and desalination plants stop working, the risk that drinking
water will run out.-rh | 12/7/2017 |
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| Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians In Jenin | | IMEMC -
"Medical sources In Jenin said the soldiers killed Sa’ad Hasan Salah, 21, from Jenin city, and Aws Mohammad Salama, 17, from Jenin refugee camp, after shooting them with live fire. The sources added that the soldiers also shot Odai Nizar Abu Na’sa, 19, with an expanding bullet in his leg, causing a serious injury." - id
| 12/7/2017 |
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| `Gaza will be unlivable next year, not 2020 as the UN says` | | Edo Konrad -
+972 -
"Without electricity, the pumps that deliver tap water to apartments in high-rise residential buildings stop working. “Water used to reach these houses between two-to-three hours every few days,” Khalil Shaheen says. “And this is in the summer. Yesterday, my building only had one hour of water.”" - id
| 12/7/2017 |
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| Israeli authorities demolish Palestinian-owned building in Issawiya | | Ma`an - Israeli forces demolished a four-story, under-construction building in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on Tuesday morning, despite its Palestinian landowner having a schedule meeting with Israeli authorities to postpone the demolition.
Owner of the building Hanan Mahmoud told Ma’an that she and her family were caught by surprise when four bulldozers escorted by armed Israeli forces stormed the area at around 4 a.m. and began razing the building to the ground.
Construction of the four-floor building -- comprised of six apartments, with the ground floor planned to be used as shops -- started about a year ago.
Construction licenses are very expensive and difficult to obtain for Palestinians, notably in the Jerusalem area, in a bid by Israeli authorities to force Palestinians out and change the demographic balance of the city. [bz] | 11/7/2017 |
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| Palestinian baby dies from tear gas inhalation | | Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath - Al Jazeera - Officials say the child died from
asphyxiation two months after Israeli forces shot tear gas at his home near
Ramallah [ry] | 10/7/2017 |
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| Video: Gaza’s gaping wound | | Maureen Clare Murphy - EI - “Four of them had made it to the top of the
building when it was hit by a heavy missile fired from an F-16 warplane. The
roof collapsed, killing eight people, all but two of them children. One of the 28
persons who were injured in the strike died of his wounds days later. The Israeli
military claimed that operational error caused unintended civilian deaths when
it targeted the Kaware family home, where a senior figure in Hamas’ military
wing was living” [ry] | 10/7/2017 |
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| Dutch gov’t condemns Israeli confiscation of donated solar panels | | Jericho/ PNN/ -
Palestine News Network
"The Dutch government has lodged a protest with Israel over the
confiscation of equipment donated to the Palestinian village of
Jibbet Addeeb’s hybrid power system (diesel and solar powered),
according to a written statement of the Dutch foreign ministry, sent
to Haaretz by the Netherlands’ office in Ramallah." ca | 7/7/2017 |
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| Life under occupation: Resisting Israeli apartheid in H2 area of Hebron | | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights -
Alternative information Center
"The violence of soldiers and settlers has not deterred the Shamsiya
family from reporting on human rights violations in Israeli occupied
Hebron.Imad Abu Shamsiya is a 47-year old husband and the father of
five children – three boys and two girls. A shoemaker by profession,
for years he has been dedicating a large part of his time to
opposing Israeli occupation by documenting human rights violations
committed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in his home as well as in
Tel Rumeida and other parts of Hebron via camera." ca | 7/7/2017 |
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| Beyond protesting occupation, `Sumud` is protecting life | | Sami Awad -
+972
"For over a month now, I have been involved with a group of
Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals in a new and emerging
protest and protect movement called “Sumud: Freedom Camp.” One of
our key aims is to build a nonviolent movement that focuses on joint
action toward resisting the Israeli military occupation of the
Palestinian people." ca | 7/7/2017 |
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| Demand to stop prisoner payments is Israeli gambit to avoid peace talks — PA commission | | Sheren Khalel - Mondoweiss - “The Israeli position understands very
much what that impact [of cutting prisoners’ salaries] would be, and
how impossible that is,” he said. “This demand to stop payment to
prisoners is a condition by Israel to avoid making any peace treaties
with the Palestinians. In a time in which people want to talk about
settlements and borders and water issues, Israel wants to make this
issue with prisoners the crux of a deal to make peace?”.-rh | 5/7/2017 |
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| A day in Umm al-Kheir, threatened by demolition by Israeli forces | | al-Khalil team -
International Solidarity Movement -
"The whole life in this beautiful piece of land is dominated by their settler-neighbours: except for one house in the village, every house has several times been demolished and is constantly threatened by demolition by the Israeli forces." - id | 5/7/2017 |
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| Photos of life at Beit Lahia in Gaza | | Ahmad Hasaballah -
The Arab Daily News -
"Hasaballah’s award winning photography has documented the lives and struggles of Palestinians who live under Israeli oppression and the brutal Israeli embargo." - id
| 5/7/2017 |
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| Bonanza for Palestinian businesses as Ramadan travel permits canceled | | Daoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - Although not expected or planned, the
change in Palestinian plans due to the Israeli cancellation of the
travel permits reveals a long-standing claim that the permits are
issued during holidays to benefit Israeli businesses and resorts.-rh
| 5/7/2017 |
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| Israeli military court extends detention of Khalida Jarrar and Khitam Saafin as international protest grows | | Samidoun - Saafin and Jarrar were seized by Israeli occupation forces
who invaded their family homes in the Ramallah area in pre-dawn raids
on 2 July 2017. They recounted the experience of the raids to Addameer
lawyer Muna Naddaf, who said that the two were taken to Ofer military
court for interrogation after being seized. Both were only
interrogated for 30 minutes before being placed in a small room with
no windows for four hours. By 4:00 pm on the same day, the two were
transferred to HaSharon prison, one of the two prisons where dozens of
Palestinian women are held.-rh | 5/7/2017 |
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| New Settlement in Sheikh Jarrah, 1,800 Housing Units in East Jerusalem to Be Discussed by Regional Committee 03.7.17 | | Peace Now - The government is brutally attempting to destroy the
possibility of the two-state solution, and this time it is by
establishing a new settlement at the heart of a Palestinian
neighbourhood in East Jerusalem and promoting nearly 1,800 housing
units beyond the Green Line. The eviction of 5 Palestinian families,
which are protected tenants, in order to establish a new settlement in
Sheikh Jarrah shows that nothing will get in the way of settler groups
and a pro-settler government from preventing a future compromise in
Jerusalem.-rh | 5/7/2017 |
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| Residency Revocation: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians from Jerusalem | | Al-Shabaka - Under international law, East Jerusalem is considered an
occupied territory and the de facto annexation of the city by the
Israeli government is considered illegal. Throughout its occupation,
Israel has enacted discriminatory laws and policies to diminish the
presence of the Palestinian population in East Jerusalem. By granting
Palestinians a “permanent” residency status to live in Jerusalem,
entry into and residency in Jerusalem becomes a revocable privilege,
instead of an inherent right.-rh | 5/7/2017 |
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| 327 Palestinians Killed during Jerusalem Intifada | | The Palestine Chronicle - Israeli occupation forces have killed 327
Palestinians since the start of the ongoing Jerusalem Intifada in
October 2015, according to figures released by Al-Quds Centre for
Palestinian and Israel Studies yesterday.
According to the statistic, Israeli occupation forces have killed 48
Palestinians since the start of this year.The largest number of deaths
were of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, where
81 Palestinians were killed, followed by Jerusalem with 65, Ramallah
with 33, Jenin with 25, Nablus with 23, Bethlehem 20, Tulkarm 8,
Salfit 5, Qalqilia 4 and Tubas 1.-rh | 5/7/2017 |
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| Israeli Court in Abu Khdeir Case: “Jewish terrorism is different from Arab terrorism” | | Celine Hagbard -
IMEMC -
"The father of Mohammed Abu Khdeir says that he is angry about the Israeli court ruling, and will take the case to the International Court in the Hague." - id
| 5/7/2017 |
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| 5 Palestinian families face expulsion as hundreds of new settlement units promoted | | Ma`an - The plans will include two new buildings -- respectively three and five stories tall -- in the heart of the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah that will require the expulsion of five Palestinian families, up for discussion at Israel’s Jerusalem Regional Committee on July 16. [bz] | 4/7/2017 |
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| Starved of power, Gaza Palestinians buckle under a blistering heatwave | | Dov Lieber - Times of Israel -
Strip residents describe sleepless nights, beaches closed due to toxic sewage, and rising food prices; even fresh water is increasingly rare and electricity available only for 2 to 3 hours. "When the power comes, you run like a madman to manage to recharge everything, pump water, shower, sleep, work, get online, cool down and breathe..." [bz] | 4/7/2017 |
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| The West Bank`s `Disneyland` Offers a Small Break From the Israeli Occupation | | Gideon Levy -
Haaretz
"The Ghanem brothers are certain that peace can start in their Mega
Land. Just let them make 5-D peace on one of their spinning rides
and you’ll see. In the meantime, we did our best to play down our
own national identity amid the masses of Palestinian visitors." ca | 1/7/2017 |
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| 34 House Dems condemn Israeli charges against Issa Amro — follower of civil rights movement and Gandhi | | Philip Weiss -
Mondoweiss
"We believe that nonviolent means of political engagement should be
encouraged rather than suppressed, and that the persecution and
imprisonment of peaceful activists such as Mr. Amro only threatens
the safety and human rights of both Palestinians and Israelis." ca | 1/7/2017 |
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| Palestinian Goes to the Beach for the First Time in Decades, Gets $200 Fine From Israeli Fashion Police | | Roy Arad -
Haaretz
"This isn’t a story about a boy who lost an eye or about a wrecked
home. It’s about a minor matter, but still, it tugs at the
heartstrings.Hakam Habash, a 36-year-old man who works in a Nablus
factory that manufactures jeans for companies in Israel, hadn’t seen
the sea for 20 years. When he received a permit to be in Israel in
the daylight hours during the month of Ramadan, which just ended
this week – he decided to go to the seashore. But his foray to Herzl
Beach in Netanya ended in bitter disappointment." ca
| 1/7/2017 |
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| Israel may be able to confiscate our money, but it cannot confiscate our dignity | | Issa Qaraqe -
PNN
"The ratification by the Israeli ministerial committee on June 14,
2017 of the draft law allowing the withholding of Palestinian tax
funds under the claim that they are used to fund subsidies for the
families of detainees, martyrs, and wounded is more horrifying and
immoral than war itself.Israel is attempting to skin and punish the
Palestinian people alive and cloak penal legislations designed to
crush the Palestinian people under the veil of law." ca
| 1/7/2017 |
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| Israeli authorities destroy 60 solar panels in remote Bethlehem-area village | | Ma`an News Agency -
"Head of the village council Rateb Abu Mahamid told Ma’an that
Israeli army forces and members of the Israeli Civil Administration
raided the village early Wednesday to seize the solar panels,
highlighting that they were installed last year by human rights
organizations to provide electricity to the remote village, which
has "no necessities of life to survive," according to the Applied
Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ).The village, located in Area C
-- the more than 60 percent of the occupied West Bank under full
Israeli military control -- is surrounded by illegal Israeli
settlements, and as a result, Israel bars Palestinians from building
and being connected to basic infrastructure, Abu Mahamid told
Ma`an." ca | 30/6/2017 |
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| A Palestinian family divided | | Jaclynn Ashly -
Aljazeera -
""Each day, my children ask me when they will be able to come see me," he said. "I don`t know what to tell them any more."" - id
| 28/6/2017 |
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| Marking the Green Line | | New Israel Fund - Hundreds of Israelis marched last week along the
Green Line, the historic boundary between Israel and the West Bank, to
remind Israelis that this is what separates the country from the
occupied territory. Holding signs including, “Fifty Years of
Occupation – Enough,” activists organized by NIF grantees Machsom
Watch and Givat Haviva laid long strips of green cloth along the line.
The line is so invisible that at one section near the Latrun
intersection in Israel they walked on a dirt road next to a wheat
field and alongside a major Israeli highway.-rh | 28/6/2017 |
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| Israel terrorizes Gaza civilians in air strikes as Ramadan ends | | Mohammed Asad -
The Arab Daily News -
"An unknown religious extremist group allegedly claimed credit for the rocket fire against Israel, but many Palestinians asserted that Israel fabricated the claim of a rocket attack in order to launch strikes against Muslim targets marking the end of the 30 days of Islamic religious fasting, Ramadan." - id
| 28/6/2017 |
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| A guide to the Gaza Strip From Israel`s occupation to a decade of siege, here is all you need to know about `the world`s largest open-air prison`. | | Aljazeera - The Gaza Strip, home to two million Palestinians, is
frequently on the news. The small enclave is one of the most densely
populated areas in the world and has been aptly described as "the
world`s largest open-air prison". It is a small self-governing
Palestinian territory that came under Israeli occupation, along with
the West Bank and East Jerusalem, after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.-rh
| 28/6/2017 |
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| Why Is One Pro-Israel Group Desperate To Keep You From Watching This Video? | | Peter Beinart - Forward - The worst part is that for major American
Jewish organizations, ignorance is an export. It is not enough that
American Jewish leaders never hear from Palestinians themselves — they
do their best to ensure that American politicians don’t, either.
Consider the sequence of events that began on June 8. On that day, an
advocacy group called No Way To Treat a Child hosted a panel
discussion on Capitol Hill. That’s not unusual. Advocacy organizations
hold panel discussions on Capitol Hill all the time; the location
makes it easier for congressional staff to attend. What made this one
unusual was its subject: the Palestinian experience under Israeli
control.-rh
| 28/6/2017 |
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| Pushing Gaza to suicide: The politics of humiliation | | Ramzy Baroud - MA’AN NEWS AGENCY - Muhammad Abed is a 28-year-old taxi
driver from the village of al-Qarara, near the town of Khan Yunis in
the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth. Lack of medical care and proper
dentistry work cost him all of his teeth, which rotted and decayed at
a very young age. Yet, his dire financial needs prevented him from
acquiring dentures. His community eventually pitched in, collecting
the few hundred dollars needed for Muhammad to finally being able to
eat. Muhammad is not unemployed. He works ten hours, sometimes more,
every single day. The old taxi he drives between Khan Yunis and Gaza
City is owned by someone else. Muhammad’s entire daily salary ranges
from 20 to 25 shekels, about $6. Raising a family with four children
with such a meager income made it impossible for Muhammad to think of
such seemingly extraneous expenses, such as fixing his teeth or
acquiring dentures. Strange as it may seem, Muhammad is somewhat
lucky.-rh | 28/6/2017 |
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| Fuel imported from Egypt averts full collapse in Gaza Strip | | MA’AN NEWS AGENCY - A million liters of Egyptian-provided fuel is set
to enter the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday via the Rafah crossing
between Gaza and Egypt in order to assist the territory with a
crippling electricity crisis, in the latest of a number of fuel
shipments provided by Egyptian authorities. Israeli authorities
announced plans to make drastic power cuts to the besieged territory
last month, upon request of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the
occupied West Bank, which foots Gaza’s monthly electricity bill from
Israel, by subtracting from taxes collected by Israel on behalf of the
PA.-rh
| 28/6/2017 |
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| A decade under siege: Gaza health sector nears collapse Years of Israeli siege, coupled with crippling electricity cuts, have pushed the Strip`s health system close to failure. | | William Parry - Aljazeera - As the two million Palestinian residents
of Gaza enter their 11th year under a blockade imposed by Israel and
Egypt, the many daily hardships they face are having an increasingly
adverse effect on physical and mental health, particularly for the
most vulnerable. Life for the people of Gaza has become characterised
by soaring unemployment, acute fuel shortages, electricity supply for
a couple of hours a day, a crippled water and sanitation system,
prison-like movement restrictions, and the ever-looming threat of
full-scale Israeli aggression on the horizon.-rh
| 28/6/2017 |
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| Life imprisoned in a ‘closed military zone’: “Daily Life”? | | al-Khalil team
International Solidarity Movement -
"If you break a pair of scissors, your children will not be doing arts anymore, and no matter how often they ask for new one’s, the parents are prohibited to bring scissors, even non-sharp children`s-scissors, into this area." - id | 28/6/2017 |
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| 7 Palestinians detained, 8 hospitalized in violent Israeli military raids | | Ma’an - During a violent raid into al-Duheisha refugee camp, at
least eight Palestinians were injured, including six who were shot
with live fire in the legs - one of whom was an on-duty paramedic
whose brother was detained, and a youth who was run over by an
Israeli military vehicle. Locals said that several Israeli military
vehicles raided the refugee camp around dawn time, surrounded it
from multiple areas, as snipers deployed on the rooftops of houses.
Clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and local youth at the
entrances of the camp, with Israeli forces firing rubber-coated
steel bullets, live bullets, and tear-gas bombs.[ak] | 27/6/2017 |
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| Life in a septic tank | | Sarah Algherbawi -
Electronic Intifada
"Every day, 100,000 cubic meters of raw sewage are discharged into
the sea around Gaza.
The Gaza Strip’s environmental problems have worsened in recent
years.
Gaza has suffered from chronic electricity shortages ever since its
sole power plant was bombed by Israel in 2006. Israel imposed an
ongoing, severe economic blockade on the territory one year later,
restricting the import of fuel and hindering repair of electricity
infrastructure destroyed and damaged during successive military
offensives." ca
| 23/6/2017 |
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| 2 Million Palestinians Denied Traveling and Movement due to Closure of Gaza Border Crossing | | PCHR - (...) it is the responsibility of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions 1949 to oblige the occupying authorities to abide by the rules of international humanitarian law and to open all border crossings of the Gaza Strip, including Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, without any restrictions like age restrictions, because Erez is the only crossing that gives importance to the geographical unity between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, so it would allow the Gaza Strip residents to move freely between Palestinian cities and travel abroad. [bz] | 21/6/2017 |
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| Proposed Bill to Strip Palestinians in Israel of Their Citizenship | | The Palestine Chronicle - A proposed Israeli bill seeks to strip
perpetrators of anti-occupation resistance attacks of their Israeli
citizenship and their families of legal residency permits, Israeli
media reported. According to Israel Hayom, the bill was introduced by
Robert Ilatov, a Yisrael Beiteinu member of Knesset, and it is
supported by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
The newspaper quoted Ilatov as saying: “We will no longer allow the
absurd [situation] in which terrorists and those who aid terrorism
carry blue [Israeli] ID cards and enjoy the rights and benefits of
citizens, while acting to annihilate us.”-rh
| 21/6/2017 |
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| Settlers pressure Netanyahu to reject Palestinian building plan | | Mazal Mualem - Al-Monitor - In Liberman’s plan, Palestinian towns were grouped into two categories: those included on the “red list,” from which terrorist attacks emerged; and a “green list” of 15 cities and villages from which terrorists hadn’t come. Liberman allotted benefits for those towns on the green list, which included the expansion of their master plan. The city of Qalqilya was one of them. [bz]
| 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Family rejects Israeli narrative of Palestinian killed at checkpoint as father is detained | | Ma`an - The Israeli army said at the time of Bahaa al-Hirbawi’s killing that he was attempting to carry out a knife attack on Israeli forces who were conducting out a “routine check" at the Jabaa military checkpoint.
Relatives cited eyewitness accounts as saying that Israeli forces stopped Bahaa at the Jabaa checkpoint on his way back home from Ramallah and surrounded him. After that, “nobody knows what happened,” they said.
"In response to the immediate threat, forces fired towards the attacker and a hit was confirmed," the IDF spokesperson told Ma’an, and acknowledged, after being asked for clarification, that the man was in fact killed.
No Israelis were injured.[bz] | 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Iftar on the rubble | | Nora Lester Murad - Mondoweiss - Nora Lester Murad and her friends
organize an Iftar dinner next to the rubble of a demolished
Palestinian house in East Jerusalem, "We planned the Iftar to show
solidarity with Ashraf and Islam, and the tens of thousands of
Palestinian families whose homes have been demolished, partially
demolished, or sealed, and who live every day under the imminent
threat of demolitions by the Israel authorities. -rh | 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| On World Refugee Day, estimates show 66% of Palestinians became refugees in 1948On World Refugee Day, estimates show 66% of Palestinians became refugees in 1948 | | MA’AN NEWS AGENCY - According to UNRWA, 42 percent of the total
population of the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip are
internally displaced refugees from historic Palestine, with data
indicated that Palestinian refugees living in the occupied territory
and Gaza have an overall unemployment rate of 33.3 percent in 2016,
compared to 22.3 percent among non-refugees.-rh
| 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Are Attacks On Israeli Police In East Jerusalem Terrorism? | | Rima Najjar - Countercurrents - The nature of Israel’s violence in
Jerusalem (as well as in the other occupied Palestinian territories of
the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) is highlighted by the extrajudicial
and brutal erasure of Palestinians who exercise their internationally
recognized right to resist as described by the United Nations General
Assembly Resolution A/RES/33/24 of 29 November 1978: Reaffirms the
legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial
integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial and foreign
domination and foreign occupation by all available means, particularly
armed struggle;-rh
| 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Campaign of collective punishment after Jerusalem attack | | Maureen Clare Murphy - EI - The military raided the homes of the slain attackers and gave notice that the homes would be demolished.
Two Palestinians in the village were shot in the legs with live ammunition during confrontations that broke out during the Israeli military raid.
Additional injuries were reported on Sunday, as the village was besieged for a third consecutive day, and soldiers allegedly looted the home of a woman who was detained.
[bz] | 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Israel cancels 250,000 Palestinian permits to enter Israel during Ramadan after deadly attack | | Sheren Khalel - Mondoweiss - Israeli authorities on Friday rescinded
250,000 Israel entry permits from Palestinians hours after a deadly
attack in Jerusalem left four dead and several injured, a spokesperson
for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories
(COGAT) told Mondoweiss.-rh
| 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Bennett’s ‘peace’ plan: I’ll dictate, you’ll sign | | Aviad Kleinberg - YNet - In Bennett’s world, however, the other side—
as well as its needs, its desires, its abilities and its rights—
doesn’t exist. We will determine the outlines of the coexistence
according to our demographic, security and cultural needs (we will
determine, for example, that “Jerusalem is above reasoning and above
peace”). We will determine the borders of the Palestinians` autonomy
and, of course, the borders of the state and, as a result, the borders
of the Palestinian “entity.” If we are strong enough, the other side
will be forced to accept this dictation. Peace, in other words, is not
a move in which we recognize the other and try to get the other to
agree, but a one-sided move which exclusively reflects our needs.-rh | 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| What we choose to ignore about the 1967 War | | James J. Zogby - +972 - The sins of the 1967 War are still with us. Not
only in the continuing crime of the occupation and the new victims it
takes, but also in the unanswered questions and the still unaccounted
for victims.-rh | 21/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Gaza power cuts: `This is the worst it`s ever been` | | Mersiha Gadzo -
Aljazeera -
"My son was born with congenital lung disease; his right lung is bigger than his left. When there`s no electricity, I worry that he might die. I`m afraid for my son; his life depends entirely on the nebuliser, which gives him oxygen. The moment he starts to play or run, he immediately needs more oxygen." - id
| 20/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Life under Siege: Indiscriminate killing of farmers | | IMEMC -
"Zeina was solely responsible for Hani and his six siblings and the family’s income is based on the 2 dunums of land they own and where they plant wheat, which is located in Elfokhari neighborhood, about 350 meters from the borderline line with Israel." - id | 20/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Gaza`s ticking sewage bomb | | Shlomi Eldar -
Al Monitor -
"Adar notes that even now Gaza does not have any potable water. Sewage and excessive pumping by the Palestinians have polluted the ground water. Given that the aquifer level has changed and salt water has intruded into the ground water, the water in Gaza is not only polluted, it is overly saline. Adar sums up thus, “I say this as clearly as possible: It is both morally incorrect and politically not logical to have your neighbor thirsty. It could come back to haunt us.”" - id
| 20/6/2017 |
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| Dispatch from ‘the most ****ed up place on Earth,’ Hebron’s H2 quarter | | Charlie Zimmerman -
Mondoweiss
"
“They handcuffed and blindfolded me, threw me into a bathroom, and
closed the door. They left me there for five hours.”
Issa Amro’s voice rises steadily with anger as he speaks in the
backyard of his small home in the H2 region of Hebron, where 400-850
messianic Jewish settlers live, protected by up to 2,000 soldiers,
smack in the middle of a Palestinian neighborhood of 36,000. He goes
on to describe the Israeli soldiers occasionally opening the door,
pointing a gun at him and laughing. His voice quavers at some
points, the trauma underlying his anger clearly close to the
surface." ca
| 16/6/2017 |
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| UN blames Palestinians for electricity crisis Israel caused in Gaza | | Ali Abunimah -
Electronic Intifada
"Robert Piper, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the occupied
Palestinian territories, acknowledged on Wednesday that without
immediate action the electricity crisis will bring about the
“collapse of vital life-saving, health, water, sanitation and
municipal services.” (-) Piper is echoing the Israeli line that
Palestinians themselves are to blame. His statement calls “upon the
Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Israel to put the welfare of Gaza’s
residents first and to take the necessary measures to avoid further
suffering” – as if all these bodies are equal in their power and
responsibility." ca | 16/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Video: Ramadan in Gaza | | The Electronic Intifada -
"Ramadan, a time of worship and joy for Muslims around the globe, is
mixed with sadness in Gaza.During Ramadan three years ago, Israel
launched a massive military offensive that would last 51 days and
claim more than 2,200 Palestinian lives.The many families in Gaza
who lost loved ones during that offensive, and the ones that came
before it, feel little joy in their absence." ca
| 16/6/2017 |
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| Gaza: Looming humanitarian catastrophe highlights need to lift Israel’s 10-year illegal blockade | | Amnesty International - The Israeli authorities must immediately lift
the illegal blockade and end their collective punishment of Gaza’s
population.-rh | 14/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Trapped and traumatized in Gaza | | Sarah Algherbawi -
The Electronic Intifada -
"“It’s a cruel feeling to go from being young, active and full of hope to being depressed,” Samih said. “Gaza is not a good place to live. If I had a choice, I would not live here.” The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has estimated that more than half of all people in Gaza have experienced depression." - id
| 14/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Israel Cuts Gaza Electricity to 2 Hours a Day | | IMEMC -
"The Israeli Security Cabinet approved, Sunday, a 35 per cent reduction of the electricity supply to Gaza Strip." - id
| 14/6/2017 |
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| Palestinian official comes under fire over Jerusalem comments | | Daoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - The holy sites, especially in the Old City
of Jerusalem, are a hotly contested issue regardless of when and where
they are discussed. At no time is it easy for a Palestinian leader to
say anything that deviates from entrenched positions, which both sides
hold. Rajoub might have stirred dormant waters in his public
statement, and he was blasted for it. This makes it even harder for
any leader to address this and other controversial issues in the
public sphere.-rh
| 14/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Israel`s renewal of law restricting family unification condemned as `apartheid` | | Ma`an News Agency - - Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, renewed the
controversial “Citizenship and Entry into Israel” law, which sets
severe limitations on Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian
territory married to Israeli citizens, for the 14th year on Monday, as
Palestinian members of parliament denounced the move as “racist” and a
show of “apartheid” against Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The law was extended by a vote of 57 in favor and 16 against,
according to a statement released by the Knesset, The law applies to
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip,
and foreign nationals from Iran, Lebanon, Syria,
and Iraq -- and can apply to other nationalities originating from
countries the Israeli government deems a security threat.-rh | 14/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Israel agrees to PA request to reduce Gaza electricity Gaza residents will live on four hours of electricity, as the Palestinian Authority and Hamas continue power struggle. | | Aljazeera - The Israeli government has agreed to cut down its
electricity supply in the Gaza Strip, at the behest of the West Bank-
based Palestinian Authority (PA), Israeli officials said. According to
Yoav Mordechai, the Israeli head of the Coordinator of Government
Activities in the Territories (COGAT), President Mahmoud Abbas
requested Israel to stop supplying electricity to Gaza back in April.
The PA declined to comment to Al Jazeera.-rh | 14/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Palestinian Children’s Lives Are Shaped By 50 Years of Military Occupation Five decades of occupation have turned military violence into the norm for Palestinian children. | | Jennifer Bing - Foreign Policy In Focus - Children under 18 years old
currently represent 46 percent of the 4.68 million Palestinians living
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (70% are under the age of 30).
This current generation has grown up in the shadow of failed
negotiations and with futures stifled by systemic discrimination,
persistent settlement expansion, blockade, and repeated military
offensives. Israeli military courts in the West Bank lack fair trials
and due process, and don’t recognize the rights of prisoners. At least
500-700 Palestinian children are held in Israeli military detention in
the West Bank every year. These children often experience abuse,
especially immediately following arrest. Over 90% of the children are
convicted in “courtrooms” housed in Israeli military bases.-rh | 14/6/2017 |
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| Gaza: `Jerusalem feels as far away as Mecca` Quota for exit permits for Friday prayer at al-Aqsa markedly less than 2016, signifying a “tightening" of the siege. | | Nigel Wilson - Aljazeera - When two buses stopped close to Bab al-
Asbat in Jerusalem on the second Friday of Ramadan, the elderly
passengers were quick to disembark and head straight for the Old City.
It was around 10am, more than two hours before the Friday prayer would
begin, but this was an extremely rare opportunity for Palestinians
from Gaza to pray at Al-Aqsa mosque and they did not want to waste a
second outside of the holy site. "We all wanted the bus to hurry up
and get to Jerusalem as quickly as possible," said Mohammed al-Bazz,
70. "We wanted to spend as much time in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa as
possible."-rh
| 14/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for dismantling of UN Palestinian refugee agency | | Maayan Lubell - Independent - Organisation says it currently aids five million
registered Palestinian refugees in the Middle East [ry] | 12/6/2017 |
| ... |
| UNRWA Condemns Construction of Tunnel under Gaza School as Violation of Neutrality | | IMEMC News-
"In a statement released by UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness, the
agency stated that on June 1, UNRWA discovered part of a tunnel that
passes under two adjacent Agency schools in Maghazi camp in the Gaza
Strip, namely the Maghazi Elementary Boys A&B School and the Maghazi
Preparatory Boys School. The schools are located on the same
premises.The discovery was reportedly made during the summer
vacation, at a time when the schools are empty, and in the course of
work related to the construction of an extension of one of the
buildings." ca | 10/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Kufur Qaddoum | | IMEMC News -
"Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee
against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the
soldiers fired many gas bombs, and rubber-coated steel bullets at
the nonviolent protesters. He added that the Israeli attack did not
lead to injuries or any arrests.For the past fourteen years, Kufur
Qaddoum residents have been protesting, demanding the army to reopen
the main town’s road, which was blockaded to enable easy access to
the illegal colonist Israeli settlers, driving to and from Kedumim
colony, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands." ca
| 10/6/2017 |
| ... |
| After 50 years, military violence is the norm for Palestinian children | | Jennifer Bing -
+972
"Children under the age of 18 currently make up almost 50 percent of
the Palestinians living in the occupied territories — and have grown
up with systemic discrimination, settlement expansions, and war...I
work for the American Friends Service Committee, which has been
involved in advocacy and humanitarian work with Palestinians for
more than 50 years. In that capacity I co-coordinate the “Israeli
Military Detention: No Way to Treat a Child” campaign with Defense
for Children International—Palestine. For decades we have documented
escalating violations of the rights of Palestinian children by
Israeli military forces." ca | 9/6/2017 |
| ... |
| Palestinian Resentenced to Life in Prison, 34 Years after Being Released | | IMEMC -
"Yousif Hassan Ahmad Abu al-Kheir, a 74-year-old Palestinian, was serving a life sentence in Israeli custody for what Israeli news outlet Ynet called “serious security offenses” when he was released in 1983 as part of a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Fateh movement." - id
| 7/6/2017 |
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