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Palestinian youths taking cover during clashes that broke out in East Jerusalem following the suspected kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager, East Jerusalem, July 2, 2014. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Palestinian teen murdered in suspected ‘revenge kidnapping’

Heavy clashes take place in a number of East Jerusalem neighborhoods, leading to dozens of injuries, including two photographers from Activestills; Kerry conveys condolences to the Palestinian people over despicable murder; ‘revenge’ calls spread throughout Israeli social networks, streets of Jerusalem. Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli police broke out Wednesday morning when news broke of…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 2, 2014

Letter from Athens: A city in chaos

ATHENS – There is a strange tension on the streets of Athens and it has nothing to do with the preparation of the Gaza aid flotilla happening in the city’s Mediterranean ports. Every second corner on the grungy Athenian streets are plastered with “anti-facist’ posters. Riot police patrol on motorcycles as immigrants waiting for asylum…

By Joseph Dana June 21, 2011

Video: Israeli guard lied about shooting that led to E Jerusalem riots

New evidence embarrasses Jerusalem’s police, already under fire for having a heavy pro-settler bias New video, broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2, seems to indicate that the Israeli security guard who shot Samar Sarhan, triggering riots in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, lied to the police. The protest in East Jerusalem lasted three days and resulted…

By Noam Sheizaf September 28, 2010

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LIVE: Silwan burns after killing- cars, buses torched

Urban fighting has been raging in the East-Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan since early morning, after a private security guard for one of the Jewish settlements shot and killed a local resident. The guard claimed he thought he was fighting off a kidnapping attempt; the residents say he got out of his car, and chased the…

By Dimi Reider September 22, 2010