Israel Approves Another Wave of West Bank Settlement Construction
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- Written by IAN FISHER and ISABEL KERSHNER IAN FISHER and ISABEL KERSHNER
- Published: 01 February 2017 01 February 2017
AMONA, West Bank — Israel approved 3,000 more housing units in the occupied West Bank late Tuesday, the largest number in a wave of new construction plans that defy the international community and that open a forceful phase in the country’s expansion into land the Palestinians claim for a future state.
Emboldened by the new Trump administration and internal battles at home, Israel announced plans for the new units in about a dozen settlements a week after approving 2,500 homes in the West Bank and 566 in East Jerusalem.
“We are in a new era, where life in Judea and Samaria goes back to its normal and proper course,” the defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said in a statement, using the biblical name for the West Bank.
MET Emergency Forum! Understanding Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Law and Compassion
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- Written by Muslim Educational Trust Muslim Educational Trust
- Published: 30 January 2017 30 January 2017
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
MET Community and Educational Center
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, Oregon, 97223
Please join us on Wednesday, February 1st at 6:30 p.m. for an important forum titled "Understanding Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Law and Compassion. Distinguished speakers will discuss Civil Liberties in light of President Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees. They will also address the fear that such order has created in the local American Muslim and Arab Communities.
Netanyahu hails Trump’s cruel racist crackdown
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- Written by Ali Abunimah Ali Abunimah
- Published: 30 January 2017 30 January 2017
President Donald Trump’s executive orders barring entry to refugees and ordering the completion of a southern border wall “have united the world against you,” former Mexican president Vicente Fox warned in a tweet on Saturday.
Even some Republican lawmakers are publicly criticizing Trump’s policies.
But through all the anger and chaos he has created, Trump has found at least a few staunch allies: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some of his hard-line US supporters.
Netanyahu’s public alignment with Trump’s incendiary policies will likely accelerate the erosion of some of Israel’s traditional bases of support in the US.
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American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon (ACLU) Statement on Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees
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- Written by ACLU ACLU
- Published: 29 January 2017 29 January 2017
In response to President Trump's Executive Order banning entry into the United States by people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the ACLU of Oregon has joined with local attorneys to assist in the representation of anyone affected.
If you or someone you know has a family member who will be arriving in the next 72-hours from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan or Yemen at Portland International Airport (PDX), or who was detained already by Customs pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order, please call the ACLU of Oregon at (971) 412-2258 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We are deeply relieved that, on Saturday evening, a federal judge stayed the removal of individuals with approved refugee applications, valid visas, and other individuals from the seven banned countries legally authorized to enter the United States. The stay means that people detained at airports may not be deported, but people may still be detained pending these proceedings.
ACLU Statement
10 Palestinian homes demolished in Israeli city, prompting mayor to resign
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- Written by Ma'an News Agency Ma'an News Agency
- Published: 13 January 2017 13 January 2017
QALANSAWE (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities demolished 10 homes belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel in the city of Qalansawe in central Israel on Tuesday morning, prompting a defeated mayor to resign after Israeli authorities refused for decades to approve the city’s master plan.