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The unilateral US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem opens the door for Israel to increase the ethnic cleansing of the city’s Palestinian population, writes RAMZY BAROUD
HE WHO SOWS WIND: A young resister in a top depicting Yasser Araft the former leader (now dead) of the Palestine Liberation organisation [agency]

The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem and precluding any future peace settlement based on sharing the city between Israel and a future Palestinian state.

One of the most aggressive to date is a bill that was approved by the Israeli Knesset on Tuesday.

It was passed with the support of Israel’s ruling right-wing and far-right coalition and has several dangerous stipulations.

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