Important News
- UK labor MPs urge immediate recognition of Palestine, condemn Israel’s forced displacement plans
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- Colonists erect several tents on Deir Istiya land near Salfit in bid to establish new colonial outpost
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- Israeli colonists set up three mobile homes for new colonial outpost in Jordan Valley
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- U.S. students and activists stage sit-in outside AIPAC office in Chicago, demand accountability for Gaza war support
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IOF Demolishes a House, Arrests a Civilian in WB
TULKAREM, March 17, 2004 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) early Wednesday blew up one house, in the refugee camp of Tulkarem and arrested one citizen in Qalqilya, security sources and witnesses said.... Security sources reported that Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles swept into the camp of Tulkarem and dynamited a house belongs to Hassan Abu Kharmana.... Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers broke into Abu Kharmana's house, forced its residents to evacuate and then blew it up.... “It was such a horrible moment, we have never been panicked like yesterday, Israeli soldiers opened fire indiscriminately, children, old men and women were very scared,†eyewitnesses said.... Meanwhile, security sources said that IOF rumbled into the city of Qalqilya, broke into some houses and arrested Eiad Qatqat, 38 years old.... Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli soldiers stormed several houses, assaulted residents, vandalized their contents and arrested a civilian leading him to an unknown location.... - -