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The killing of a Bedouin man is a weapon in Netanyahu’s war for survival
Netanyahu is using the wrongful police shooting of Yacoub Abu al-Qi'an as a cudgel to attack the authorities charging him with corruption.
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Edo Konrad
September 9, 2020
New evidence backs Arab MK’s claims that police shot him
An investigation by a London-based research center shows MK Ayman Odeh was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet during clashes in Umm al-Hiran in 2017. Police repeatedly claimed he was hit by a stone thrown by one of the protesters. New evidence suggests Israeli police shot Palestinian Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet during…
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Oren Ziv
June 5, 2019
Bedouin village braces for a new round of demolitions
It has been half a year since Israeli police killed Yacoub Abu al-Qi’an during the demolition of his home. Now the police are back to demolish structures donated to provide shelter to his children. It has been nearly a year and a half since a police raid on the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran ended in the…
By
Yali (Yael) Marom
July 3, 2017
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Echoes of a Black Panther’s murder in killing of Palestinian activist
In societies conditioned to see Palestinians and blacks as terrorists and criminals, the media and public are often ready to believe state-sanctioned falsehoods about activists like Basel al-Araj and Fred Hampton. By Bram Wispelwey In the early morning hours of December 4th, 1969, Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, alongside several fellow Panthers, engaged in a…
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March 21, 2017
The difference between a dead Arab in Israel vs. the West Bank
Yacoub Abu al-Qi’an was an Israeli citizen who was shot dead by Israeli police in Israeli territory. The High Court makes sure to note that, since the case is so similar to another case of another Palestinian killed in the occupied territories. By Hagai El-Ad Several weeks ago Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that the state…
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February 10, 2017
Thousands of Palestinians and Jews protest gov’t racism in Tel Aviv
Over 5,000 people marched in Tel Aviv in one of the largest Arab-Jewish demonstrations the city has seen in years. Over 5,000 Arab and Jewish demonstrators from across the country marched together on Saturday night in Tel Aviv against home demolitions and in support of equality for all. The demonstrators called on Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Haggai Matar
February 5, 2017
Amona’s evacuation is no victory
After over a decade of legal battles, the state was finally forced to evacuate the illegal West Bank outpost of Amona. But that does not mean we should start celebrating any time soon. I’ll admit it: I feel a certain sense of satisfaction watching the evacuation of Amona, the illegal West Bank outpost built on…
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Orly Noy
February 2, 2017
Video contradicts more police claims in Umm el-Hiran killing
Police said Yaqub al-Qi’an’s headlights were switched off when police officers shot at his car. A video analysis by Forensic Architecture and Activestills appears to disprove that claim. By John Brown* Israeli police’s official version of the events that led to the death of two people — a Bedouin citizen of Israel and a police…
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February 1, 2017
Shin Bet detains Arab activists — to stop them from attending funeral
Three well-known Bedouin activists were detained and interrogated on the way to the funeral of Yacoub Abu al-Qi’an, who was killed by police last week. Attorney Gaby Lasky: ‘This has all the marks of a police state.’ Israeli police and the security authorities continue to persecute the Arab residents of the Negev. On Tuesday, the…
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Rami Younis
January 26, 2017
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