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Palestinians lack strong strategy to face Israeli settlements

Palestinian movements on the diplomatic level have so far done little to stop Israel’s settlement project, which continues to expand unabated.

A Palestinian Bedouin boy herds sheep in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya, near east of Jerusalem September 18. 2014.  REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS ANIMALS) - RTR46SU0
A Palestinian Bedouin boy herds sheep in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya, near East Jerusalem, Sept. 18. 2014. — REUTERS/Ammar Awad

RAMALLAH, West Bank — On Sept. 16, Haaretz published the Israeli plan to deport Palestinian Bedouins from the E1 area of occupied Jerusalem, and move them to a town that would be named Nuwema Hill, north of Jericho.

Around 12,500 Palestinians are going to be affected by this project, which has stirred the ire of the Palestinians due to the grave repercussions they would have to endure, especially in Jerusalem and its surroundings.

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