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Linah Alsaafin

Linah Alsaafin is a writer and editor based in the West Bank. On Twitter: @LinahAlsaafin

A protester waving a Palestinian flag shouts at an Orthodox Jewish man in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem May 17, 2013, during a weekly demonstration against Jewish settlements and the possible eviction of a Palestinian family from their home. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZQQB

Jerusalem Eviction Postponed, Offering a Glimmer of Hope

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MAY 15: A Palestinian youth climbs Israel's separation wall during clashes with the Israeli army during Nakba day on May 15, 2013 near the Qalandia checkpoint at the outskirts of Ramallah, the West Bank. Palestinians mark Israel's establishment in 1948 with 'Nakba' or 'catastrophe' day on May 15, to remember the thousands of Palestinians who fled or were expelled during the creation of the Jewish state and the subsequent war. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Palestinians Demolish Part of Separation Wall

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Prefabricated houses are seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maskiot in this May 18, 2009 file photo. Perched on a grassy slope on the western Jordan Valley, Maskiot overlooks Jordan from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, home to 2.5 million Palestinians who oppose the presence of settlers who have spread among them over the past 30 years. Picture taken May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/Files (WEST BANK POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTXRN8Q

PA Helpless to Combat Expansion By Israel in Jordan Valley

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Members of the Palestinian security forces stand guard as a protest is held during the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 21, 2012. Israeli air strikes shook the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rockets struck across the border as Clinton held talks in Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday, seeking a truce that can hold back Israel's ground troops. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTR3AONI

Alleged Beating by PA Interrogators Costs Palestinian Man His Speech

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A Palestinian protester holds a placard during a demonstration in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi, outside Kaplan hospital in Rehovot near Tel Aviv April 22, 2013. Some 20 protesters demonstrated on Monday outside the hospital treating al-Issawi as Palestinian and Israeli officials continue to seek a compromise to end his hunger strike whose on-off fast has lasted more than 250 days and stoked weeks of street protests. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Palestinians Turn to Facebook In Fight Against Occupation

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A Palestinian man holds photographs of his relative who is being held in an Israeli jail during a rally marking Prisoner Day in the West Bank city of Hebron April 17, 2013. "Prisoner Day," an annual commemoration of Palestinian prisoners, who currently number 4,800, was held on Wednesday, with Israeli security forces on standby for possible protests. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXYOY3

Palestinian Prisoners Are Low Priority for PA

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Terraced agricultural fields are seen in Battir village, south of Jerusalem, December 12, 2012. An Israeli government environmental agency challenged the Defence Ministry in court on Wednesday over a section of the controversial West Bank wall that threatens Battir, an ancient Palestinian farming community. Gilo, an urban complex built in a part of the occupied West Bank that Israel captured in a 1967 Middle East war and later annexed to Jerusalem, is seen in the back. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags:

'Slow Food' Project Encourages Organic Palestinian Produce

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Palestinian Family Fights To Remain in Israeli Settlement

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A Palestinian harvests wheat in the West Bank village of Luban al-Sharkiya near Nablus June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE) - RTR347LX

Palestinian Land Owner Suffers Repeated Settler Attacks

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Palestinian woman attends a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in Gaza April 16, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA) - RTR1OOS7

Gaza’s Sole Art Gallery Perseveres

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A pro-Palestinian activist flashes the victory sign after being detained by Jordanian police during a demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy in Amman August 30, 2012. Activists protested against Israeli and Jordanian authorities after being barred from entering the West Bank through King Hussein Bridge (Allenby Bridge), around 35 km (22 miles) southeast of the Jordanian capital Amman, to deliver aid to students. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR37AIV

Israel Restricts Entry of Foreigners Into Palestinian Territories

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A Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl a stone towards Israeli troops during clashes outside Israel's Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah February 28, 2013. The death of a Palestinian prisoner in disputed circumstances in an Israeli jail on Saturday, together with a hunger strike by four other Palestinian inmates, have touched off violent protests over the past several weeks outside the prison and in West Bank towns. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - R

Mistreatment of Palestinian Inmates Provokes More Anger, Protests

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