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July 5, 2018

Israeli Troops Assault Palestinians Ahead of Village Demolition
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In the West Bank, Israeli soldiers assaulted dozens of Palestinian
Bedouin villagers Wednesday who refused to leave their village near
Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. Video shows Israeli troops punching,
kicking and dragging men, women and children, after Israel ordered
bulldozers to begin demolishing the village, which is home to 180
people. The Red Crescent said the assault left 35 Palestinians wounded.
Israel's demolition of the village will clear the way for an expansion
of Jewish-only settlement homes on occupied land-settlements that the
United Nations has repeatedly said violate international law.


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