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Fri 09/11/09

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Karama Member Profile
Rawan
rawan

Rawan Abu-Ajamia is a 16 year old girl from Deheishe. She is part of a dance troupe, here at Karama, which performs the traditional Palestinian folk dance, Dabka. She loves to...read more

Volunteer Profile
Michael
michael

Michael, our volunteer from the U.S., has been with Karama since the beginning of September. He is working as a coordinator for our intentional and local...read more

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Palestine News

Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water

27 October 2009
amnesty.org

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.

These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing...read more

Twenty years after Berlin, Palestinians crack Israel's wall

11. November 2009
maannews.net

Bethlehem - Ma'an - Marking the 20th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinians tore down a section of Israel's wall in the West Bank village of Ni'lin on Friday.

During a weekly protest against the barrier, which cuts through the Ramallah-area village's center and isolates residents from 60 percent of their farmland, some 300 demonstrators methodically dismantled a concrete section before Israeli forces opened fire...read more

Fight for survival in the West Bank

A major new road joining Jerusalem to Israeli settlements in Hebron bisects land owned by the Jaber family.

They have farmed these fields for 300 years. They once owned 60 dunums (60,000 square metres) but now have four (4,000 square metres) - the rest has been confiscated by Israeli settlers. The Jabers fight to farm on the land they have left.

As his family clashes with workers from Israel's water authority, employed to rip up the irrigation systems for their tomato plants, and the Israeli soldiers protecting them ...read more

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