Word: palestinians
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...Muslims around the world. The proximity of the tunnel to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, coupled with previous attempts at undermining the Islamic character of the shrine has caused angry responses all around the Arab and Islamic worlds. The opening of the tunnel came unilaterally without prior consultation with the Palestinian Authority; the right-wing mayor of Jerusalem Ehud Olmert proudly declared that "the time has come to show that such a decision would be made without seeking Palestinian permission...
...until final status negotiations are concluded. Israel's attempts to change the demographic nature of the city are illegal under the provision of the Geneva Conventions which prohibit occupiers from changing the demography of occupied territories. Israeli continues to expand its settlements in and around East Jerusalem and confiscate Palestinian property in the city...
During the last week, 55 Palestinians and 11 Israeli-Jews were killed during clashes between Palestinian civilians and certain elements of the Palestinian police on the one side and the Israeli army on the other. The outbreak violence also comes after months of Israeli violations which included expansion of settlements on the West Bank, delay of the re-deployment from Hebron and the continued closure of Jerusalem from the territories. Although sparked by the opening of the tunnel, the unrest came as a result of Palestinian disillusionment with the peace process...
...tunnel demonstrates the continuing confiscation of Palestinian land by Israel," said Alan L. Shihadeh, a member of the MIT Arab Student Organization and a MIT graduate student...
BOSTON--Members of the Arab, Arab-American and Muslim communities in Boston came together at Government Center yesterday to protest what they described as ongoing Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza...