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		<title>TAKE URGENT ACTION: DAY 53 OF KHADER ADNAN’S HUNGER STRIKE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 17th of December 2011 (53 days ago), Khader Adnan began his hunger strike in protest of his ill-treatment in Israeli detention and his arbitrary detention without charge or trial (known as Administrative Detention). He is in danger of dying at any moment. His wife, Randa, who saw him for the first time since his detention today described his condition as rapidly deteriorating and that he has lost a third of his weight and his hair.

TAKE ACTION NOW!
1.Call and demand the release of Khader Adnan, who has not been ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/02/08/take-urgent-action-day-53-of-khader-adnan%e2%80%99s-hunger-strike/</link>
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		<title>Settlers Construct Two New Caravans on Beit Ommar Farmland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, February 7, 2012, Israeli settlers from Karmei Tsur, escorted by Israeli Forces, constructed two mobile homes (caravans) on two dunums (2000 square meters) of land owned by Palestinian residents of Beit Ommar.  The farmland is legally owned by Mohamed Motlak Za’aqik and is located within the so-called security fence surrounding the settlement of Karmei Tsur to the south of the village.  This fence was constructed in 2006, and annexed more than hundreds of dunums of Beit Omar farmland. Since then, the farmers are prevented from entering ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/02/08/settlers-construct-two-new-caravans-on-beit-ommar-farmland/</link>
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		<title>Beit Ommar Demonstration Plants Hundreds of Olive Trees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, February 4th, 2012, Palestinian villagers in Beit Ommar conducted their weekly demonstration against the settlement appropriation of their lands.  The activists organized this week&#8217;s actions to plant dozens of olive trees near the Israeli settlement of Karmei Tsur.  This week, the demonstrators were joined by a group of Palestinian and international runners conducting a marathon across the West Bank from Hebron to Jenin organized by Fair Trade groups and US-based community development group On the Ground.

The project aims to raise awareness and support for small farming ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/02/05/beit-ommar-demonstration-plants-hundreds-of-olive-trees/</link>
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		<title>Israeli Settlers Enter Beit Ommar, Harass Palestinian Residents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, February 3, 2012, a large group of around 150 Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian village of Beit Ommar in the southern West Bank.  The presence of settlers on Palestinian land is prohibited under International Law. The group was escorted by Israeli soldiers and border police, and moved through several neighborhoods of the village during the middle of the day. 

The settlers wandered through Beit Za&#8217;tah and Alkarn neighborhoods before moving onto Wadi Esheikh area close to the illegal settlement of Karmei Tsur to the south of the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/02/04/israeli-settlers-enter-beit-ommar-harass-palestinian-residents/</link>
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		<title>Global Actions Remember Yousef Ikhlayl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Activists around the world responded to a call to action initiated by the Palestine Solidarity Project to organize actions in their community to mark the one year anniversary of the murder of Yousef Ikhlayl at the hands of Israeli settlers.  Activists in Mexico City, London, New Mexico, Chicago, Beloit, and France put up posters of Yousef in public areas and organized vigils or demonstrations in front of Israeli embassies.  In Chicago, activists posted six hundred posters remembering Yousef and decrying the occupation on light posts, bus stops, and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/02/01/global-actions-remember-yousef-ikhlayl/</link>
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		<title>Four Injured as Beit Ommar Marks Anniversary of Yousef Ikhlayl&#8217;s Murder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, Beit Ommar villagers demonstrated near Route 60 at the entrance of the village to commemorate the one year anniversary of the murder of Yousef Ikhlayl, a 17-year-old Beit Ommar youth who was murdered by Israeli settlers on January 28th, 2011.  The demonstration was organized by the Popular Committee in Beit Ommar and was supported by the Palestine Solidarity Project, the Popular Committee in Yatta, and several other Palestinian organizations.  

As the demonstrators approached Route 60 at the entrance of the village, dozens of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/01/31/four-injured-as-beit-ommar-marks-anniversary-of-yousef-ikhlayls-murder/</link>
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		<title>EI: Demanding Justice for Yousef, a Quiet Boy Killed by Israeli Settlers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bekah Wolf
Published on Electronic Intifada (http://electronicintifada.net/content/demanding-justice-yousef-quiet-boy-killed-israeli-settlers/10865)

On 28 January 2011 at 6:30am, Yousef Ikhlayl, 17, went with his father Fakhri to their farmland on the outskirts of the West Bank village Beit Ommar, where they prepared the land around their grapevines. At approximately 7am, two groups of Israelis from the illegal settlements Bat Ayn and Kiryat Arba were taking a “hike” in the privately-owned Palestinian agricultural land belonging to the residents of Beit Ommar (“Palestinian killed in clashes with settlers near Hebron,” The Jerusalem Post, 29 January 2011).
There was no ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/01/31/ei-demanding-justice-for-yousef-a-quiet-boy-killed-by-israeli-settlers/</link>
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		<title>Beit Ommar Organizers to Host Second Annual Womens&#8217; Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Freedom and Justice, an organization in Beit Ommar committed to combining activism against the occupation with social service and popular education, will be hosting the second annual Womens&#8217; Organizing Conference to strengthen female participation and leadership in nonviolent resistance initiatives.  The conference will take place in Beit Ommar village in the Hebron District of the southern West Bank on March 10th 2012.  
Last year, over 300 Palestinian, international, and Israeli women attended the first conference in Beit Ommar.  Please consider donating towards the cost ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/01/30/beit-ommar-organizers-to-host-second-annual-womens-conference/</link>
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		<title>Palestine Monitor: A New Stage for West Bank Protest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from the Palestine Monitor
By Dylan Collins
In a hazy room, clouded with cigarette smoke and steam from hot syrup-sweat tea, residents of Kafr ad-Dik and its neighboring villages, along with Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists, excitedly gathered together waiting for the midday prayer to finish. The twenty-seventh of January marked the fourth Friday during which the village of Kafr ad-Dik has staged a nonviolent protest against the annexation of its agricultural land by the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA).
The village of Kafr ad-Dik, and the greater Salfit District, is located on top ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/01/29/palestine-monitor-a-new-stage-for-west-bank-protest/</link>
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		<title>Israeli Forces Raid Beit Ommar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, Israeli occupation forces raided the Palestinian town of Beit Ommar, north of the city of Hebron, and searched several residents&#8217; homes.  No arrests were made during the house searches.
According to the media spokesman of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ommar Yousef Abu Maria, the occupation forces stormed the houses of Bahgat Shehda al-Alami and Mohamed Hussein al-Alami, after forcing both families out of their houses. The soldiers conducted inspections to the houses and tampered with its contents.
Abu Maria pointed ...]]></description>
		<link>http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2012/01/25/israeli-forces-raid-beit-ommar/</link>
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