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1- On eve of Jewish holydays, Palestinians are besieged
2- This Week in Palestine - April Week 3
3-  The officer got angry, and shot me

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1- On eve of Jewish holydays, Palestinians are besieged
By Ghassan Andoni  Friday, 22 April 2005


Israeli military officials  decided Thursday to impose an entire
closure on all Palestinian territories during the Jewish holidays. The
closure order would be in effect from Thursday night until Monday morning.

The entire Palestinian population will be banned from entering Israel
or move through certain major West Bank check posts. Nevertheless,
Israel decided to keep Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip
open.  

Only in special humanitarian cases, Palestinians who hold special
permits issued by the Israeli liaison office will be allowed through
military check posts.

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2- This Week in Palestine - April Week 3
By IMEMC Team  on  Friday, 22 April 2005

From April 15 – 21, 2005

This week in Palestine –a service of the International Middle East
Media Center IMEMC. Org, for the week of Friday, April 15 to Thursday,
April 21, 2005

Download MP3: http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/april05_week_3.mp3

Despite criticism by the United States, the Israeli government moved
ahead with expanding settlements and grabbing more lands for the
construction of the separation wall.

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3-  The officer got angry, and shot me  
Translated by Saed Bannoura on Friday, 22 April 2005

How did Mohammad Wahdan, 41, become the target of rubber-coated
bullets fired by an Israeli soldier on Beit Eeba checkpoint, near the
northern West Bank city of Nablus.

He only wanted to cross the checkpoint, along with his five children,
on their way to an Israeli prison to visit an older son in detention.

Upon arriving at the checkpoint, soldiers told them that it's closed
`for security reasons', and that they have to return back home.

Wahdan tells his story, "I arrived to the checkpoint and greeted a
female soldier, they greeted me back, and said that I can't cross
because the checkpoint is closed, she said "you [Palestinians] want to
carry a bombing out", we argued for a while as I was trying to tell
her not to say "You", but she insisted and kept telling me that all
"What We want is bombings", and that we do not want peace.

After a few minutes an Israeli officer arrived and threatened to
handcuff Wahdan, after arguing with him.

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