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A link to a report from Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (Scroll down for WEST BANK 1-22-26, and up or down for IRAN, VENEZUELA, SYRIA, WEST BANK (erased and now back), GAZA, and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, by Ali Sawafta and Pesha Magid | Reuters  Israel deems all of Jerusalem its capital — a status not recognised internationally — and has encouraged Jewish settlement of predominantly Palestinian areas. READ MORE . . .

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