Rania Zabaneh
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Producing @AJEnglish in the occupied WestBank. @BirzeitUniv and @columbiajourn alumni. My tweets, ur RTs, not AJE's! Demanding #JusticeForShireen
Joined April 2009
We can’t take it anymore, we’re exhausted… We’re gonna get killed, it’s just a matter of when. There’s no protection, no impunity. These PPEs don’t protect us. Nothing protects journalists. We lose lives, one by one… Mohammed Abu Hatab was here, half an hour ago.
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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society: “Despite the occupation's threats to shell; the decision has been made. We did and will not leave. Our medics will carry on their humanitarian duties. We won’t leave people face death alone.”
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Adam Ayyad, 15, asked his mother for stuffed zucchini cooked in yoghurt for lunch today… An Israeli bullet to his chest during an Israeli invasion to Dhesiheh refugee camp ended the 10th grader life short. Way too short.
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The 1,100 Palestinian Christians in Gaza are sheltering in churches in the besieged strip, trying to survive the non-stop Israeli shelling. They have the skies, but we pray to the one above the skies, one tells me.
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CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 35 journalists were killed in Gaza since 7 OCT.
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Palestinians break into separation fence w/Israel, dozens of Israelis captured and brought into Gaza. In 2011, Israel released 1,027 prisoners for an Israeli soldier, many here see this as a rare chance for +550 Palestinians sentenced to life to be released in a similar deal.
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Israeli settlers cut off some 70 olive trees in Qaryout, south of Nablus, according to locals, who said they went to the land after they heard the sound of electric saws… Activists estimate settlers destroyed nearly 2,800 trees in the occupied WestBank since the start of 2023.
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It's been 462 days since Israeli forces targeted and killed AlJazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin. No one has been held accountable to date! We'll never tire, we'll never stop demanding #JusticeForShireen.
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The West Bank is not sizzling, it’s bleeding… Throughout the decades-long Israeli occupation, a lot changed, the one constant has always been Palestinian defiance.
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Ahmad Atef Daraghmeh, 23, was a rising local soccer star, scoring 6 goals in 5 matches. He was shot, in the back, by Israeli forces during an incursion to Nablus overnight.
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A fourth medic killed in Gaza, PRCS said.
An Israeli strike targeted a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in northern Gaza a short while ago, PRCS said. Three paramedics: Khalil AlSharif, Yasser AlMasri, and Ahmed Dahman, have been killed.
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Reports six Palestinian prisoners have fled the Israeli prison of Gilboa located north of the 1967 line of the occupied WB via a tunnel they’ve dug over several years. Previous documented escapes took place in 1987, 1996 and 2003. Here are some of the photos floating online:
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Gaza's largest hospital, AlShifa, is out of service. Bodies are piled up and will be buried on premises. The hospital is isolated with no power, water, or electricity. Patients in ICU and 37 newborns are at imminent risk, two already lost their lives, officials tell AlJazeera.
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Israeli strikes kill 12 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip overnight, brags about targeting members of the Islamic Jehad – who were killed with their family members. These are Ali and Mayar IzzAlDeen, two of the children killed in the raids.
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#Palestine is represented in #TokyoOlympics by five athletes, who’ll be competing in four games: running, judo, swimming and weightlifting. Raising the flag is 19-year-old #Gaza weightlifter Mohammad Hamada.
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BREAKING: Israeli occupation forces raid AlJazeera’s bureau in Ramallah and order the network shut down in the occupied WestBank for 45 days.
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Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian lands in Burin. The area, south of Nablus, has been under settler attack since a drive-by shooting left two settlers wounded on SUN. The UN has documented around 130 attacks by settlers since the start of 2021.
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We age by the losses we endure… This year, we lost #ShireenAbuAkleh. It’s been 230 days since she was targeted and shot by an Israeli soldier in Jenin. We’ll never stop talking about her, we’ll never stop demanding #JusticeForShireen.
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This is the Ein Sinia checkpoint north of Ramallah. There are 793 checkpoints and obstacles across the occupied West Bank, according to latest UN figures. Now imagine living your life unable to plan, not only your future, but your day. This is what occupation is about: control.
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A memorial service will be held to commemorate our beloved #ShireenAbuAkleh in J’lem today, as we approach a year since she was targeted and shot by Israeli forces in Jenin… with no accountability still!.May her memory be eternal, #JusticeForShireen .#قاعدينلهم
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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes southeast of Nablus overnight. This is Wael Miqbel home in Qaryout, his car was smashed, he was severely beaten and transferred to hospital.
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Footage from inside AlAqsa Mosque tonight, Israeli forces attacked worshippers again - with batons and rubber bullets to get them out.
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Yusef is 11, he lives just outside the old city of Nablus. On WED, he went to grab a sandwich… All he remembers is falling to the ground as he reached the market, he’s now in hospital w/shrapnels in the liver and a bullet in the leg.
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WARNING - in the tweet below a graphic video that shows how Israeli occupation forces shot an unarmed Palestinian in the back of his head a short while ago in the village of Beita… The man appears to have been on his way to check on another wounded Palestinian.
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Dozens wounded inside AlAqsa Mosque compound, as Israeli forces deploy tear gas and stun grenades in the mosque yards, locals say.
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Longest funeral in recent Palestinian history, 40 km of love… You loved people, they paid back – all the way from Jenin to J’lem. I wish you saw this #ShireenAbuAkleh!.
ويبقى عزاؤنا تلك الجنازة المهيبة الأطول في تاريخ فلسطين. أحببتيهم فأحبوكِ.شيرين أبو عاقلة 🙏
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It’s olive harvest season… and it’s been five months without #ShireenAbuAkleh’s beautiful soul. Those responsible for her murder are still at large, 153 days on and we won’t stop demanding #JusticeForShireen
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It was much more than a funeral. The daughter of J'lem reclaimed the city. #ShireenAbuAqleh turned from an icon to a legend today.
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She would have turned 52 on 3 April, but instead of wishing her a good one… We’re praying she rests in peace and demanding #JusticeForShireen. #قاعدينلهم شوش
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An Israeli settler stabbed a 27-year-old Palestinian east of Salfit in his heart, killing him. According to witnesses, Ali Hasan Harb went to his land with other Palestinians when they heard a couple dozen settlers were in the area.
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They shot him in the head soon as they got in the house and left him to bleed for more than half an hour, Ibrahim Sheham said describing how Israeli forces killed his son Moh’d in their home in KufrAqab earlier on MON.
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Palm Sunday from Ramallah —.It’s traditional to hold those scouts marches in the city on Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday, in few days.
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A journalist killed, three other journalists - including AlJazeera’s correspondent @CarmenJoukhadar, wounded in an Israeli strike on their car in southern Lebanon.
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Omar Idrees was just leaving a supermarket in Huwwara with his wife, their 2-year-old daughter and his parents when Israeli settlers attacked them with rocks, rods and pepper spray, he said.
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Israeli forces broke into the HQs of six Palestinian human rights organizations in Ramallah. @alhaq_org, @Addameer, @DCIPalestine, @BisanResearch, @UAWC1986, @of_committees offices were looted, equipment confiscated, doors weld and a military order shutting them down left behind.
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Ikhlas Kaabneh, 23, woke up to masked settlers over her bed, they pepper sprayed her and her siblings and hurled rocks at the house, she said. The UN documented 219 settler attacks from 1 JAN - 13 MAR, that’s 3 attacks on average per day, highest since 2006.
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This is Mohd Tamimi, he’s not yet three… and won’t be. He died of wounds he sustained in the head by an Israeli bullet to the head in NabiSaleh, northwest of Ramallah late on THU.
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Among the most serious measures Israel is imposing on +340K Palestinians living in Jenin is banning Palestinian Israelis from entering the city via Jalameh and Barta’a checkpoints, Jenin local economy heavily relays on these shoppers, particularly in Ramadan.
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Israeli occupation forces didn't allow ambulances to his aid. AlJazeera's Samer AbuDaqqa bled to death in Khanyounis. He's the 2nd AlJazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces in the past two years in Palestine; first was our beloved Shireen, now Samer. RIP.
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You sleep after reporting that Israeli forces killed three Palestinians on WED and wake up to more Israeli raids and two other Palestinians killed on THU. Embrace for more condemnations and fears of "further escalation"!.
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This is one of several beautiful Palestinian homes in Hebron’s TelRmeideh. The owner, who was born and raised in it, needs an Israeli permit to get into his house… It gets worse: the permit is valid every day 00-00 hours, but doesn’t allow him to stay over!
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Locals say Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian house in Turmusayya village, north of Ramallah. The UN documented some 850 settler attacks last year, human rights groups say those are encouraged by the atmosphere of impunity.
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A 26-year-old American activist with ISM was shot in the head by Israeli forces in Beita, south of Nablus. ISM says she arrived in Palestine on TUE. This is the 3rd ISM activist killed by Israeli soldiers since the 2003 and 2004 killing of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall in Gaza.
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This is what impunity looks like. The town of Huwwara, south of Nablus, under Israeli settlers attack.
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Israeli forces have rounded up 23 Palestinians and wounded 11 others during overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, local sources said. A “typical” night under occupation, where Israeli forces strive to keep Palestinians “in check”!.
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This is our first Christmas without #ShireenAbuAkleh… The joy is missing, but hope in a better tomorrow will never die. We’ll never stop talking about you, demanding #JusticeForShireen, 227 days on and everyday.
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This is where Israeli forces targeted and shot our #ShireenAbuAkleh a year ago today at 6:31 LT and while we still do not know the soldier who pulled the trigger, we know there’s a long chain of command and a world that’s not doing enough to hold them accountable.
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Israeli forces still denying ambulances access to Damascus gate area, PRCS says.
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Israeli settlers didn’t only block aid trucks heading to Gaza, they also vandalized it… all while Israeli forces present at the Tarqumya checkpoint west of Hebron looked on, without stopping them, witnesses said.
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Israeli forces asked for her ID, Jivara said she’s gonna get it when they started beating her, @AJArabic cameraman said. #Aljazeera’s correspondent remains in Israeli custody, detained while covering events in #SheikhJarrah. It’s 2021, we’re still tweeting #JournalismIsNotACrime!
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One of Jenin hospitals received 55 wounded since the start of APR. Five are still here — all in the ICU, except for this 17-year-old, who left the ICU y’day. Hanan was shot while in a bus going to an English class last week.
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Jawad Bawaqneh couldn't ignore the screams for help outside his doorsteps in Jenin refugee camp overnight, his son Fareed said. As the 57-year-old father of six was trying to drag a wounded Palestinian away from Israeli forces' gunfire, he too was shot. Photo by @ShazaAbed
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An Israeli strike targeted a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in northern Gaza a short while ago, PRCS said. Three paramedics: Khalil AlSharif, Yasser AlMasri, and Ahmed Dahman, have been killed.
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Israel deported Salah Hamouri to France on SUN morning. The Palestinian-French human rights lawyer had his J’lem residency revoked for “breach of allegiance” – making way for his deportation, after nine months of detention w/o charges.
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For years, @AJEnglish in the occupied West Bank has been telling stories of Palestinians under occupation; some happy, some sad… All told from the heart, by some of the best journalists in the industry.
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PA health ministry: 421 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and the occupied West Bank since SAT. 413 of them in Gaza, including 78 children.
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The seeds for a new illegal settlement were thrown south of Nablus… This is the illegal outpost built on Jabal Sbaih lands while we all cameras were on Gaza.
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This is 15-year-old Zeid Ghneim, a 9th grader from AlKhader town west of Bethlehem. Israeli forces killed him on FRI, he was shot in the neck and back. Ghneim is one of more than a dozen Palestinian children killed since the beginning of 2022.
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PA returning 100K COVID Pfizer vaccines to Israel, cancelling agreement in which Israel transfers 1 million soon-to-expire jabs to PA for a similar number of doses Palestinians expect to receive later this year. MoH said agreement was to get jabs that’d expire in JUL and AUG.
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An eyewitness saw Zeid run into the garage and heard him plead for his life. "He was screaming and kept saying, 'I didn't do anything! Don't shoot me!'" she told CNN.
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An investigation by @alhaq_org and @ForensicArchi, found that #ShireenAbuAkleh and her colleagues were explicitly targeted despite being identifiable as members of the press. It’s been 132 days, still demanding #JusticeForShireen
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An Israeli airstrike takes down AlJala tower – housing AlJazeera and AP offices in Gaza, among other local and int’l news organizations, an hour or so after warning all to evacuate. NB: warnings do not influence the legal obligations an attacker otherwise faces, as per int’l law.
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Testimonies from female journalists covering protests in Ramallah are scary. Some were beaten - picture of Najla Zeitune below, others harassed a few were chased to toilets… where they had to hide for hours to ensure their phones are not taken away. Almost all were intimidated!
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When Israel first outlawed the six NGOs, #ShireenAbuAkleh wrote: “In Palestine, resistance is forbidden. Institutional, civil, and human rights work is prohibited. Soon, schools may become prohibited.” .It’s been a 100 days since she was killed; no forgiveness, no forgetting.
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In an old PTC, #ShireenAbuAkleh says: the investigation may not reach desired results, but raising the voice over and again, continuing to pursue Israel in int’l forums shall lead to a day when the executioner won’t be able to sleep after pulling the trigger to kill a Palestinian
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Israeli forces have detained more than 40 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank overnight, including one who died of wounds sustained during an Israeli raid to Jaba’ southwest of Jenin; 30 of those detained are from Silwad, east of Ramallah. This is what occupation looks like:
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At least 100 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on Jabaliyah refugee camp, civil defense says six bombs were dropped on the heavily populated camp. UNRWA put the population of Jabaliyah at more than 113K.
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Despite the oppression, she strived to remain hopeful. This is our 1st Christmas w/o #ShireenAbuAkleh, who was targeted and shot by Israeli forces while on assignment in Jenin 214 days ago… Her family set up a tree next to her. Photo: Tony AbuAkleh
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To all those who have "remarks" on the Palestinian curriculum, if only you have the same concerns about the conditions Palestinian children live in under occupation!
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At #ShireenAbuAkleh’s memorial in Ramallah Cultural Palace. It’s been 40 days since she was killed by Israeli forces while on assignment in Jenin and we’re still demanding #JusticeForShireen.
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Jehad Qaws’s daughter asks him about her toy before he’s detained by Israeli police on Saturday. Several Palestinians were rounded up in occupied J’lem following the flare up in AlAqsa Mosque compound on the last Friday of Ramadan.
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The Ramallah we love… .Happy Easter y’all from Palestine —where people fight for freedom and raise hope!
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#ShireenAbuAkleh’s presence is strong, even when she’s absent. Colleagues at the Presidential HQ in Bethlehem demanding #JusticeForShireen during Biden visit.
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The “worlds most moral army” targets journalists, AGAIN. #JusticeForShireen and all other journalists killed by Israel, and will be killed as long as there’s no accountability!
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“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”.Happy Easter, Shoush!.#JusticeForShireen
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Moh'd Saleh, 40, used to sell herbs in Ramallah. He grew up an orphan, and so will his four children. Israeli settlers shot him in the chest while picking olives in Sawiyeh, south of Nablus. At least four Palestinians were killed by settlers since 7 OCT, according to the UN.
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That’s Islam third holiest site, a few days before Eid al-Fitr.
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The family of Yasser Kusbeh, 17, killed by Israeli forces in Qalandiya say their goodbyes.
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A 5.56mm armor piercing bullet fired from a Ruger, often used by Israeli snipers, hit the back of #ShireenAbuAkleh's head as she was trying to escape Israeli fire, the Palestinian AG says – an Israeli soldier deliberately killed Shireen, clearly marked as member of the PRESS.
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Israeli authorities allow women, children under 12 and men over 50 to get to occupied J’lem without a permit for prayer on FRIs during Ramadan, for everyone else – this is the road to J’lem.
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Around 700 military checkpoints pepper the streets of the occupied West Bank, part of an Israeli system of closures that paralyzes Palestinian movement. This is Tayseer checkpoint, east of Tubas. A photo by Mohd Soboh that won the #ShireenAbuAkleh award several days ago.
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Witnesses say at least seven Palestinians were detained by PA security forces as dozens protested the death of political activist Nizar Banat in PA custody earlier on THU. Some of AlJazeera footage from Ramallah, a short while ago:
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AlJazeera team in Gaza are superheroes. They're still reporting, despite the proximity of the Israeli shelling. Bless them and all journalists in Gaza!
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Around Eid, you'd post beautiful pictures and notes. I stumbled upon this today and I wish you were here for another #EidAlAdha post. It's been 412 days since Israeli forces killed #ShireenAbuAkleh. We're not going to stop talking about you, always #JusticeForShireen.
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Israeli forces assault and detain @AJArabic’s Jivara alBudeiri and smash the channel’s camera while the team was covering a demonstration marking 54 years of Naksa in #SheikhJarrah
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Most of the Palestinians detained by Israeli forces from Jenin refugee camp, we’re being told, are civilians… Most of the fighters are believed to have left the camp. This is what it’s like when Israeli forces raid Palestinian homes:
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BREAKING: AlJazeera to refer the assassination of #ShireenAbuAkleh to the ICC. The network said it formed an int’l legal coalition of experts to prepare a complete file to be submitted to the ICC Prosecutor.
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Tomorrow marks 100 days since Israeli forces killed #ShireenAbuAkleh, and b/c “the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting,” AJR chose Shireen’s picture for cover in an attempt to immortalize her voice….
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Tens of thousands attend the funeral of five Palestinians killed in Nablus, including Wadee AlHouh. He’s being described as family to many people here, who said he revived the sense of defiance and unity.
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A couple of Palestinians were wounded as they were trying to fend off an Israeli settlers attack on the village of Jalloud, southeast of Nablus late on SUN. Settler attacks are not only increasing, they’re becoming more violent.
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At least six Palestinians were wounded in the confrontations that took place between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the village, south of Nablus.
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Four Palestinians confirmed killed by Israeli forces near occupied J’lem and Jenin. Among those killed is Ahmad Zahran of Biddo, northwest of J’lem. At least nine members of his family, locals say – incl. his wife, were detained in past days to pressure him turn himself in.
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Gaza Energy Authority: The Electricity Company has 300K liters of fuel remaining, sufficient for only 10-12 hours.
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Israeli forces have raided Jenin refugee camp, targeting a house by an anti-tank projectile, armed confrontations underway and at least two Palestinians wounded, according to local sources… .It’s that kind of morning 🙄
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In case you're wondering. The scene, the US secretary of state enjoyed while having lunch on occupied Palestinian land - before deleting his tweet and reposting it, minus the view, 84 mins later - is for the occupied Palestinian village of Mukhmas.
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