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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool
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A Palestinian walks outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a shrine holy to Muslims and and Jews, in the West Bank city of Hebron in 2010. (Reuters)
At Palestinian Request, UNESCO Places Hebron on Endangered Heritage List
The UNESCO World Heritage committee placed on Friday the Palestinian city of Hebron’s Old Town on its list of heritage sites in danger, sparking Israeli condemnation. Taken after a Palestinian proposal, the resolution was fast-tracked on the basis that the site was...Caption:
Abdel-Qader Abu Ajameyah dictates his answers to an aide as he
takes a high school Arabic Language exam, in the West Bank city of
Hebron. (Reuters Photo)
Palestinian Elderly Sits for High School Exams
London- Palestinian elderly Abdel-Qader Abu Ajameyah dropped out of school more than six decades ago to make a living. But Abu Ajameyah has resumed his academic journey by attending classes and sitting for exams. The elderly has shown a strong will in his second...Caption:
Iyad Hadad (2nd R), a field researcher from B’Tselem, one of Israel’s leading human rights groups, listens to a testimony from a Palestinian farmer, who said his land was damaged in an attack by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya near Ramallah June 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo
Israeli Rights Group Cuts Ties with Military over ‘Whitewashing’
B’Tselem, a leading Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, said on Wednesday it would no longer refer complaints of abuse carried out by Israeli soldiers to Israeli military courts because the system was biased and set up to whitewash...Caption:
Members of the Zaka Rescue and Recovery team carry the dead body of a Palestinian man, shot dead by Israeli security forces, after he stabbed two police officers outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City, February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad