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Video From Weekly Protests in Bil’in and Sheikh Jarrah
Video from Bil’in by Yisrael Puternam
Video from Shiekh Jarrah by Yisrael Puternam
Video and report from Nil’in and Nabi Salih will be posted in next days as I am editing the footage now.
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