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Tag: Middle East

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Protesters prevent Israeli-owned ship from unloading cargo at Port of Oakland

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News June 7, 2021June 5, 2021

As many as 1,000 people protested the arrival Friday morning in Oakland of an Israeli ship from Asia as part of an effort to support the Palestinian claim to land in the Middle East, according to organizers and the Port of Oakland. “We’ve declared victory for the morning,” Wassim Hage, a spokesman for the protesters, […]

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Mideast tensions: Why Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

by Ken Chitwood, for The Conversation May 15, 2021May 13, 2021

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