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The Palestinian Authority has threatened to crack down on those it describes as lawbreakers in the Occupied West Bank. Many believe such repressive methods highlight the failure of the Palestinian Authority to satisfy the needs of Palestinians who are living in the West Bank under restrictions imposed by Israel.
Palestinian demonstrators march in Kafr Kaddum
My Message to President Abbas: 5 Steps for Peace
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Israel halts postal service with Gaza ‘to curb smuggling by terrorists’
City of fear | The Electronic Intifada
………………..An internal police report exposed by the Tel Aviv newspaper Haaretz this week, revealed, to no surprise of any Jerusalemite, that Israeli Border Police in Jerusalem “deliberately provoke Palestinians” in order to get a violent response.
One such manufactured provocation in Issawiyeh, in January, led to a confrontation in which Israeli forces shot 12-year-old Ahmad Abu Hummus in the head, causing severe brain damage.
Social media is never lacking in daily videos documenting the regular harassment, searches and humiliation of Palestinian youths in Jerusalem that lead to similar violence.
It is weird living in Jerusalem right now, especially knowing that this situation only strengthens my determination to stay here, live here and fight for this city.
I know too that if I wanted to write about all the forms of abuse against Palestinians in Jerusalem, I would be writing endlessly for days.
It is a situation where the power and might of the whole Israeli state is determined to alienate Palestinian Jerusalemites. However, this cruelty and injustice only breeds further resistance and defiance.
They may deem our lives worthless, our dignity of no value, our existence an inconvenience, but I believe Jerusalem continues to stand tall and defy the oppression no matter how dark the times have become.