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From the blog of Gerard Heumann at The Times of Israel

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Seventy-five years have passed since the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, an event carved into the collective Palestinian memory and known as the Nakba, or catastrophe. As nearly two-thirds of the total population of Palestine at the time — between 1947 and 1949 — were made into refugees, dispersed throughout many countries and regions, the sense of Palestinian nationhood was,

From the blog of Gerard Heumann at The Times of Israel

The Israeli Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta, located in the southern hills of Hebron, is to be entirely - Ramzy Baroud for Antiwar.com Original

The Israeli Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta, located in the southern hills of Hebron, is to be entirely appropriated by the Israeli military and that a population of over 1,000 Palestinians is to be expelled. The Israeli Court decision, on May 4, was hardly shocking. Israel’s military occupation does

What is happening in Masafer Yatta is not only the largest Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign since 1967, but also a possible precursor to wide scale annexation in the West Bank.

The Israeli Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta, located in the southern hills of Hebron, is to be entirely appropriated by the Israeli military and that a population of over 1,000 Palestinians is to be expelled.The Israeli court decision, on May 4, was hardly shocking. Israel’s military occupation does not only consist of soldiers with guns,

Israels Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta in the southern hills of Hebron is to be appropriated entirely by the Israeli military and that the local population o...

The Israeli Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta, located in the South Hebron Hills, is to be entirely appropriated by the Israeli military and that a population of more than 1,000 Palestinians is to be expelled. The May 4 court decision was hardly shocking. Israel’s military occupation does not only consist of soldiers with guns, but also