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Palestinian citizen attacked in suspected hate crime
Amad Abu Sharah was walking home from morning prayers when he was allegedly jumped by a group of men with sticks. (See update below) Amad Abu Sharah, a Palestinian citizen and activist from Lydd (Lod in Hebrew), was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning at the entrance to his house on his way…
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Samah Salaime
August 2, 2015
A living legacy of displacement
The impulses that drove the dispossession of the 1948 war are still acted on today, on both sides of the borders it forged. “Did you know I’m afraid of sleeping? … I’m scared of sleeping and waking to find myself in a strange land whose language I can’t speak. I’m scared I won’t wake up.” —Elias…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
June 19, 2015
Home demolitions: A reminder that the Nakba never ended
The destruction of Hanaa’ al-Naqib’s home in Lydd this week is a reminder that Israel’s dispossession of Palestinians didn’t end in 1948 — it has simply taken on new forms. We could hear the wailing all the way from the entrance to the besieged neighborhood. It was a heartbreaking sound. We quietly make our way…
By
Rami Younis
February 13, 2015
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The Naqib family has lived on their land since before 1948. Many Palestinian families in the city live in what the State calls ‘illegal conditions’ — and under the constant threat of demolition — because they cannot attain building permits for their homes. Hundreds of police officers descended on the Al-Karm neighborhood of Lydd (“Lod”…
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Rami Younis
February 10, 2015
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