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Amnesty: Watchdog Needed for Israel
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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NUAMAN, West Bank For generations, first in caves hollowed from hillsides, then shepherds' tents and simple stone houses, the Shawarwa and Darawi families thrived here amid pine windbreaks, olive orchards and flocks of sheep. (article 1)
Darawi was born here in a weathered house in June 1967, the same month Israel triumphed in the Middle East war. (article 1)
The Israeli government drew a larger municipal boundary around Jerusalem, annexing the lands to the Jewish state, including Darawi's home . (article 1)
An Israeli military census right after the war registered families here as West Bank residents, even though their village fell inside Jerusalem's new borders. (article 1)
Ignoring a minor head wound suffered in the capture of East Jerusalem from Jordanian forces, Amirav raced through the winding lanes of the Old City to join jubilant fellow soldiers at the Western Wall. (article 2)
Since the outbreak of the current wave of Palestinian-Israeli violence in 2000, about 4,330 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 1,111 on the Israeli side. (article 3)
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Israel already had sufficient oversight built into its own systems, and that it " is the only Middle Eastern country where human rights are at the center of our political culture. (article 3)
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Israeli, Israel, Palestinian, Jews, Jewish |
Source articles
- In the Village of Nowhere, a Fate Soon Sealed (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 662 words)
- A holy city still divided (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 784 words)
- Amnesty: Watchdog Needed for Israel (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 425 words)
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