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VIDEO: Soldiers Storm Al Aqsa On Day 3 Of Fierce Clashes

Israeli border police officers stand during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem’s old city, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in a third straight day of unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. (AP Photo) Dozens of Palestinians were injured in the clashes, during which Israeli forces fired stun grenades, tear gas canisters, and rubber-coated steel bullets […]

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Israeli border police officers stand during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem's old city, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in a third straight day of unrest at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site. (AP Photo)

Dozens of Palestinians were injured in the clashes, during which Israeli forces fired stun grenades, tear gas canisters, and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian worshipers. The Palestinian Red Crescent's Jerusalem director, Amin Abu Ghazala, told Ma'an News Agency that 36 Palestinians had received treatment. He said that some of the

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Israeli Settlers Continue Provocative Raids Al-Aqsa Holy Site

Extremist Israeli settlers and politicians have lately been violating the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque on an almost daily basis.

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Settlers Continue to Raid Al-Aqsa, 2 Female Students Detained

Israeli police took into custody, early on Wednesday, a photojournalist and two female students from Al-Aqsa Islamic School at Al-Silsila gate. Police deployed forces in the early morning hours, in the vicinity of the mosque, erected military checkpoints and barred all women and Islamic school students from entering the mosque for the third

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Vatican And Palestine May Raise UN Flags Before Francis’ Visit

Many states have shown support for the Palestinians’ pursuit of statehood, including the Vatican. In May, the Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in their first formal, bilateral treaty. Israel’s foreign ministry said it was “disappointed”.

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In a move likely to upset Israel's government, Palestinians and the Vatican are seeking to raise their flags at UN headquarters -- just in time for Pope Francis' visit, next month. According to Al Ray/AP, supporters of the idea hope that the UN General Assembly will adopt a resolution on the flag-raising shortly before the pope arrives. They're

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US Congresswoman Asks For Halt On Military Aid To Israel

US congresswoman Betty McCollum has asked the State Department to investigate whether the unlawful killing Palestinians should deprive Israel of US military aid.

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Rep. Betty McCollum speaks to the crowd at the Congressional Lunch on Capitol Hill during the CARE Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 7, 2013. (Amanda Lucidon/CARE)

In a letter to the State Department officials last week, the Minnesota Representative said that the deaths of Nadim Nowarah and Mohamed Odeh, in May of 2014, demonstrated the “brutal system of occupation that devalues and dehumanises Palestinian children.” The two Palestinian youths, aged 16 and 17, were killed when Israeli troops assaulted a

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Noam Chomsky: Israeli Apartheid ‘Much Worse’ Than South Africa

Famous American linguist Noam Chomsky has described the actions of the Israeli occupation in Palestine as “worse than South African apartheid”.

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Noam Chomsky arrives to a conference at the Islamic University in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. Photo: Hatem Moussa/AP

“In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid,” Chomsky says, according to Days of Palestine. “To call it apartheid is a gift to Israel, at least if by ‘apartheid’ you mean South African-style apartheid. “What is happening in the Occupied Territories is much worse. There is a crucial difference. The South

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Israel Arrests, Then Releases 9 Jewish Extremists In Settler Crackdown

The “anti-Jewish-terrorism” process began after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man named Yishai Schlissel, stabbed six people at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride Parade, on July 30, accompanied by terrifying images of the attack, turning heads towards the growing extremism.

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Update: Israel has released all suspects detained in raids as part of a probe into the firebombing of a Palestinian home that killed an 18-month-old child and his father, authorities said on Monday. Two West Bank settlers were arrested at the Adei Ad outpost near Douma village where Sa’ad Dawabsha and his baby son Ali were burned to death by

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Israeli Settler Violence On The Rise: Homes Stoned Near Jenin, East Jerusalem Tagged With Racist Graffiti

Last night, settlers entered the village of Hares near the town of Salfit, in central West Bank, and pelted Palestinian homes with stones before local Palestinians gathered in an attempt to confront them.

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Israeli Jewish settlers last night attacked Palestinian homes with stones as they provocatively approached the outskirts of Silat ad-Daher, some 20 kilometers to the south of Jenin in northern West Bank, security sources told WAFA. The settlers, who also chanted racist slogans against Arabs and Palestinians, provoked a scuffle with angry local

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