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Israel plans to demolish 13,000 Palestinian buildings in the West Bank

by AJDS | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog

The Guardian’s Kate Shuttleworth reports from Az-Zayyem in the West Bank and speaks to local Arab residents who once more face uncertainty: “For 70 years they have been trying to get Arabs off the land so the Jews can move in. We feel like we can’t live, it’s...
We pay our respects to elders past and present, and acknowledge the history of the lands we stand, work and live on, noting that Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded, and that colonisation continues. Read more…
The AJDS formally acknowledges that we, as an organisation, have members who live and work on the land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, owners of the Melbourne region. We also have active members in other parts of Australia, all of whom reside on Aboriginal land