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January 21, 2013

Israel Raids, Removes Palestinian Encampment in West Bank 
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The Israeli military has forcibly removed yet another Palestinian
protest encampment in the path of the expanding Jewish-only settlements
in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian residents of the village of Beit
Iksa had set up three tents and a mobile building on Friday to stop
Israel from seizing parts of their land. The demonstrators named their
site Bab al-Karama, Arabic for "Gate of Dignity." Upon receiving the
evacuation demand, the activists say they tore up the Israeli military's
order in the faces of Israeli soldiers. The encampment was raided and
dismantled by Israeli soldiers earlier today. Another Palestinian
encampment in the West Bank, Bab al-Shams, Arabic for "Gate of the Sun,"
was removed earlier this month.

 

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