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10,000 Arab Israelis commemorate Nakba Day with protests

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10,000 Arab Israelis on Tuesday rallied in northern Israel to demand the right to return for all Palestinian refugees. The rally took place in the village Lavi, built on the wreckage of the Palestinian village Lubya, which was, until 1948, home to 2,726 Palestinians. During the Arab Israeli conflict in 1948  about 400-500 Palestinian villages were depopulated, destroyed, occupied and …

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I-Nakba phone app to educate people on history of Arab villages

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Israeli organization Zochrot will release the I-Nakba phone app on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, on 5th May at 20:00. Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe”, will let users of the app locate any Arab village abandoned in the 1948 war on an interactive map, add comments, photos, and data and learn about the history of the village, including …

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Syria: Gunfire forces UN agency to suspend food delivery to besieged Palestinian refugees

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Gunfire stopped distribution of food today in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed today, reiterating demands that the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees be allowed to safely and without interruption distribute substantial quantities of food and other humanitarian assistance inside Yarmouk. Spokesman Chris Gunness said the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the …

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Palestine-Israel peace talks on the verge of collapsing as deadline approaches

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Palestine and Israel on Monday appeared to have accepted that their peace talks are on the verge of collapsing as the deadline for the negotiation expires soon, with a breakthrough nowhere in sight. After a year’s worth of intensive diplomacy by US Secretary of State John Kerry, with the aim of brokering an agreement by April 29, the United States’ …

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Israel-Palestinian talks come to a halt after Fatah-Hamas Unity Deal

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The peace talks between Palestine and Israel are back to square one again as Israel torpedoed the US brokered talks as a response to the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal on Thursday. In an interview with the BBC, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summed up their stance in the situation, saying that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas can “have peace with Israel or …

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Israel Security Cabinet meeting over response to Palestinian, Hamas unity deal

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The Israeli Security cabinet is set to meet on Thursday to discuss its response to the unity deal struck between the Hamas rulers of Gaza and the Palestinian leadership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not react well to the agreement between the two rivals on Wednesday, and accused Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of “choosing Hamas, not peace”. The ministers …

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