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Ahed Tamimi, a #Palestinian activist and former prisoner, will be released tonight as part of the #Gaza -truce swap deal.
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These girls from the occupied #Palestine wish you a beautiful day ❤️🇵🇸✌️
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Hajjah Halimah is 100 years old. She travelled all the way from Hebron to pray the first Jumm'ah of Ramadan at Masjid al-Aqsa.
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A young #Palestinian man removes an Israeli flag raised by Israeli settlers near the village of Ras Karkar in the central occupied West Bank.
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 Jewish rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss speaking at a vigil in NYC: "We, representing our religion, declare that Palestine must be free, that Palestine has the right to be free... It's not acceptable what these Zionists are doing ".
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Watch: Israeli forces prevent medical crews from reaching the old town in Nablus during the military raid in the city, where three Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire.
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Al-Jazeera correspondent Givara Budeiri comforts her colleague Shatha Hanaysha, telling her she "saved the truth." Hanaysha was with Shireen Abu Akleh when the latter was killed by Israeli gunfire in cold blood. Credits: Wafa News Agency
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A heartbreaking photo of the #Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosha while being brought to a court hearing in Jerusalem, today.
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They are finally reunited 😍❤ The Palestinian prisoner Arafat Nofal meets his mother after serving 14 years behind Israeli jails.
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Thousands of Israelis are demonstrating in Tel Aviv right now in protest of the new far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
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BREAKING: The Israeli occupation forces shot dead the Palestinian young man Mohammed Ali, 21 , in Al-Khadir village, west of Bethlehem.
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Watch: Israeli forces demolish four structures, making four Bedouin Palestinian families homeless, to the east of the village of Duma, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
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#Touching : An Israeli court today extended the isolation of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Ahmad Manasra, who was arrested at age 13. He was ill-treated during the early years of his detention to the point he was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. #FreeAhmadManasrah
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British activist Sarah Wilkinson pays tribute to the slain Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2022.
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Israeli occupation forces today released the Palestinian teenagers Faris and Muhammad Obeid after spending 4 months in Israeli jails.
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Australian journalist CJ Werleman commenting on the circulating photo of the "born to kill" Israeli soldier. #FreePalestine
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Morocco's player Jawad El Yamiq raises the flag of #Palestine while celebrating his country's 2-1 victory over Canada at #FIFAWorldCup in Qatar. #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 #FIFAWorldCup
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Watch: Israeli forces brutally assault a Palestinian man in the occupied city of #Jerusalem . #فلسطين #الاقصي_في_خطر #الاقصي_يستغيث
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Over 400 CUNY law alumni stand with Yemeni graduate who spoke against Israeli crimes More:
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Watch: A child was critically injured this morning during an Israeli army assault on Deheisheh refugee camp in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. More:
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Watch: Israeli settlers, and under proction from Israeli forces, set fire to dozens of #Palestinian vehicles in the town of Huwara, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. #نابلس #حوارة #قمة_العقبة
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A circulating video shows a little Palestinian girl enjoying a shower of water under a searing sun at the Gaza beach ⛱️
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14-year-old #Palestinian child in Gaza committed suicide. Hamza threw himself from the 8th floor last night. Hamza lost his entire family in the recent wars on #Gaza . In 2009, his little brother was killed by an Israeli missile while playing football. #GazaUnderAttak #Palestine
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An Israeli settler spits on one of the most sacred Armenian Churches of Jerusalem inside the Armenian Quarter.
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BREAKING: Two Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Tulkarm – Ministry of Health
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"Israel believes it's a state above the law in the absence of actual measures of accountability," said Feda Abdelhady, Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN.
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Palestine's Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot: "The international community's unwillingness to hold Israel accountable has led us directly to where we are today: Jewish supremacists, no political process, no hope and more loss of human lives".
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#BREAKING : Israeli police have arrested Rafat Sub Laban, the son of Nora Ghaith and Mustafa Sub Laban, who were forcibly evicted from their house by Israel settlers less than two weeks ago.
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"We need our rights. We need to live like the rest of the world" A Palestinian refugee whose home was levelled to the ground by Israeli airstrikes in 2014 protests outside the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza against the UN agency's failure to complete the reconstruction of his house
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Israeli historian and socialist activist Ilan Pappé: "If the story you [Israel] tell causes you to kill people, to demolish houses, and to expel people, I have a problem with the story."
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Irish MP Mark Ward speaks about his experience under Israeli apartheid in the occupied West Bank. #EndIsraeliApartheid
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Footage documenting the damage inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem in the aftermath of recent raids by the Israeli occupation forces on the holy site. #AlAqsaUnderAttack
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Palestinian flag flies high in Dublin's Games Stadium Croke Park 😍🇵🇸
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Manasra was arrested by Israeli occupation as a 12-year-old child in 2015 and he is now 21 years old. Since 2015, he's experienced inhumane treatment and torture by the Israeli prison officers, resulting in severe psychological disorders. #FreeAhmadManasra
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Despite the Israeli restrictions and attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque, around 250,000 Palestinians mark Laylat al-Qadr at the mosque.
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Irish MEP Billy Kelleher: "Israel is systematically dismantling Palestine. If you look at any map, from Jenin in the north, to Hebron in the south, there is no longer a contiguous, functioning Palestinian state."
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Ahmed Manasrah, 20, lost his childhood behind Israeli occupation jails when he was detained at the age of 13! Manasrah has been suffering from serious mental health problems since his arrest due to severe interrogation methods and torture.
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Today, Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of the Shifa Hospital's emergency department, was killed, along with his wife, Dr. Sameera Ghifari, and their 5 children. #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderFire #CeasefireInGazaNow
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Palestine's Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot: "The Israeli settlements are war crimes and Israeli settlers are war criminals. They must be held accountable".
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The villagers saw two settlers stealing three sheep, which belong to a villager identified as Sbeih Ubeidat.
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Hundreds of thousands march in London in solidarity with the Palestinian people, with police estimating the number of participants at 300,000. #GazaUnderSiege #GazaUnderAttack #GazaGenocide
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Ahed Tamimi, a #Palestinian activist and a former prisoner, after her release in the sixth batch of the #Gaza -truce swap deal.
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Israeli settlers today grazed their sheep on Palestinian groves in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, causing significant destruction to planted crops.
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Al-Aqsa Mosque now! #القدس #JerusalemFightsBack #IsraeliCrimes
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British rapper Lowkey has heeded the call to #ShutElbitDown in Oldham, and these days he's chasing Israel's war machine out of Shenstone.
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Lama Ghosheh, detained by Israel for her journalistic work. Journalist to remain under house arrest after Israeli court once again postpones hearing.
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Dear friends ❤ We wish you a blessed iftar 😍 #FreePalestine
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Lajee Center teenagers perform the Palestinian Dabke on Grafton Street in Dublin, Ireland 🇵🇸 ❤️
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#Touching : Palestinian mourners carry the body of three-year-old boy who was shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank last week and died of his wounds yesterday, in the village of Nabi Saleh. #FreePalestine
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#BREAKING : Israeli forces kill a Palestinian woman, west of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah after opening fire at her vehicle.
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#Touching : The Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Kurdi embraces his family and his fiancee after spending 16 years behind occupation jails. #FreePalestine
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Two Palestinian sisters were wounded last night after an Israeli settler rammed into both of them for raising the Palestinian flag in a demonstration against the occupation in Tel Aviv, according to Arab 48 website. Eyewitnesses say it was intentional.
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All in the picture are no longer alive! This is what Israel called self-defense! Israeli warplanes today committed another bloody massacre similar to Al-Ahli hospital, by killing over 400 Palestinians, mostly children, in Jabalia refugee camp. #GazaUnderAttack #ApartheidIsrael
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Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian boy with down syndrome in Damascus Gate area in the occupied city of Jerusalem, this evening.
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Manchester United icon Eric Cantona wears a shirt featuring the flag of Palestine in support of the Palestinian people.
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Palestinian youths finally reach the top of Mount Everest, the Earth's highest mountain above sea level, and wave the Palestinian flag after 6 days of climbing.
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#BREAKING : Israeli occupation forces detained the Palestinian children Ez-Edin Mosleh and Ayham Mosleh while they were going back to their home in Nilin village, west of Ramallah city.
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#BREAKING : An armed civilian settler shot and killed a Palestinian in Tel Aviv after alleged car-ramming attack. #Jenin #JeninRefugeeCamp #JeninUnderAttack #جنين #مخيم_جنين #جنين_تحت_القصف
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#BREAKING : Israeli forces raid the family house of al-Jazeera's key correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed this morning by Israeli gunfire during an Israeli army assault in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
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Pro-Palestinians protesters in New Zealand perform the traditional Haka dance in a show of solidarity with Gaza as Israeli bombardment continues to claim thousands of civilian lives. Middle East Monitor #IsraeliWarCrimes #Gaza_Geniocide #CeasefireForGazaNOW #Palestine #غزه_تباد
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As always, #Palestinian children are Israel's bank of targets. Horrific scenes for Palestinian children who were injured in Israeli trikes on homes and residential building in Gaza. #GazaUnderAttack #IsraelPalestineWar #غزة
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#Egyptian rapper Wegz wears the #Palestinian flag and Kuffiya during his performance in #Paris as the audience chants "Palestine." #ويجز #فلسطين
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Free Palestine 🇵🇸😍
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Watch: The moment Israeli settlers assaulted Jerusalemite Mohammad Zahran in the East #Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah yesterday. He suffered skull fractures. #جنين #نابلس #القدس #مخيم_شعفاط #مخيم_جنين
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Watch: A traumatized #Palestinian child is shaking from fear and terror after he survived the Israeli bombing of al-Ahli hospital in #Gaza . He says he woke up to the sounds of bombing. #GazaAttack #PalestineGenocide #Gaza_Genocide #Netanyahu_A_criminal_of_war #مستشفى_المعمداني
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Watch: As a result of Israeli blocking of the Container military checkpoint, Palestinians are stuck in a massive traffic jam on the second day of #EidUlFitr . The said checkpoint connected several parts of the occupied territories.
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Good morning from #Jerusalem , the eternal capital of the State of #Palestine , where weather today is hot to very hot and dry with a drop in temperature. #المسجد_الأقصى
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Watch: An injured mother looking for her children following a bloody Israeli airstrike at their house in Gaza. #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #PalestinianGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #غزة_تُباد #عزة
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A Palestinian father bids final farewell to his son who was murdered by Israeli gunfire during a raid of Nablus city, today.
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Palestinian farmer discovers rare Byzantine-era mosaic while planting an olive tree in #Gaza . (AP Photo: Fatima Shbair)
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#UPDATE : The death toll of the brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 198, with 1,610 others injured, since early today morning.
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Watch: Israeli police officers brutally assault Christians celebrating Holy Saturday in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
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Brazilian President Lula da Silva has assured that his country will firmly support the Palestinian rights and will work for Palestine's restoration of its freedom and independence within a sovereign state.
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CCTV footage shows an Israeli settler attempting to assault a Palestinian boy in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
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21-year-old Husam Fatafta, a defenseless Palestinian youth who appeared in photos confronting well-armed Israeli occupation forces, sustained fractures in the skull after the occupation forces brutally assaulted him in Tarqumiya, west of Hebron.
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The son of the #Palestinian man Sudki Zakarnah sits near the body of his father who was shot and killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin refugee camp. #FreePalestine
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Pakistan condemns Israel’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque More:
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Hundreds of #Palestinians take part in a march in Ramallah city, protesting the death of the late Palestinian cancer-stricken prisoner Nasser Abu Hmaid who has died this morning due to years of medical negligence. Credit: Wafa News Agency
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Touching: A sad Farwell to the #Palestinian teen Mahdi Hashash, 15, who was killed as a result of several shrapnels that penetrated his body while confronting the Israeli army raid. Credit: Wafa News Agency #FreePalestine
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Watch: Father of Palestinian doctor Abdullah al-Ahmad, 43, bids him an emotional farewell. The doctor was his parents' only child and a father of three children. He was killed by Israeli forces this morning in Jenin as he was trying to rescue casualties. #جنين #نابلس #القدس
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Activists demonstrate outside Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality and to demand Israel's ouster from UEFA and FIFA.
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Peaceful protesters raise flags of Palestine at the Tour de France in protest of the presence of the so-called Israel Premier Tech team. #EndIsraeliApartheid #FreePalestine
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President Abbas: We will do all we can to defend our people
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Crowds show up outside the Israeli embassy in London to convey their solidarity with the residents of Sheikh Jarrah and to call for an end to the ethnic cleansing that Palestinians face. #savesheikhjarrah
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Massive crowds rally in Jakarta, Indonesia in solidarity with the #Palestinian people in the face of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. #GazaUnderAttack #غزة_الآن #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #PalestinianGenocide
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Family and friends bid sad farewell to Fulla Rasmi Masalmeh who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah this morning. Masalmeh was going to celebrate her 16th birthday tomorrow. Credit: Wafa News Agency
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Watch: An elderly #Palestinian man was injured after being attacked and beaten up by Israeli settlers while inside his vehicle in Huwwara town, south of Nablus.
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Palestinian guys from the town of at-Tur shave their heads in solidarity with the guys from occupied #Jerusalem 's refugee camp of Shufat who shaved their heads in order to confuse Israeli forces who are looking for a wanted, bald Palestinian youth.
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Israeli occupation authorities just embarked on the demolition of a Palestinian-owned house in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Al-Mukaber.
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BREAKING | Dozens of worshipers were injured in a fresh Israeli raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.
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Israeli occupation troops today obstructed students’ access to their school in Deir Samet village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. More:
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Marzouq Al-Ghanim, the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, said today that it was not accepted for the world to deal with issues of occupation with double standards.
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#BREAKING : Israeli forces Monday evening opened fire at a Palestinian girl near the Gosh Etzion junction, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. More:
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In the 2012, his older brother was killed. In 2014, his father was killed. Due to this severe trauma, Hamza became very close to his mother, his last surviving family member, who was killed in an Israeli bombing this week. Shortly after, he ended his life.
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"Let him stay in my arms." A bereaved Palestinian mother clings to her little innocent baby, killed by Israeli airstrikes this morning in #Gaza . #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack
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