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Bedouin
children playing in their home, in a Bedouin neighborhood of Gaza
city,
January
23, 2013. Most families depend on humanitarian aid for survival.
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Jamal
al-Dalu in his shop in the old city market in Gaza City, February 19,
2013. Jamal lost 10 family members including his wife, one of his
sons, a daughter-in-law, two daughters, a sister and four
grandchildren after his home was struck by what appears to have been
a large aerial bomb. At the time of the attack, Jamal was with his
son, Abdallah. Jamal returned to work in his shop just two weeks
after the attack. He currently lives with two of his sons and a
daughter-in-law in a house rented for them by the government. "All
the happy life is gone now,” says Jamal. “30 years of marriage
and suddenly I lost most of my family members. It's good that I
haven't lost my mind yet, or my health."
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Women,
many of whom were affected by the Israeli attack, after a
psycho-social group session in a private home in Beit Lahiya,
February 18, 2013.
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Palestinian
children walking by demolished buildings of the Civil department of
the Interior Ministry heavily bombed during last November's Israeli
assault against the Gaza Strip, February 10, 2013.
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A
Palestinian suffers from tear gas inhalation during clashes with
Israeli soldiers in the Old city of Hebron after the funeral of
Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh who died two days earlier in Israeli custody,
Hebron, West Bank April 4, 2013. Hamdiyeh died shortly after being
transferred from prison to 'Soroka' hospital in late March, suffering
from throat cancer which had spread to his spinal cord. Before his
death, he had complained of medical neglect by the Israeli prison
authorities.
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Israeli
border policemen attack protesters during a Nakba Day commemoration
protest at Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, May 15, 2013. The Nakba,
literally translated as the "catastrophe," refers to the
massive deportation of more than 700,000 Palestinian, made refugees
and driven out of what became the State of Israel in 1948.
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Hisham Abu Ali standing next to new
concrete foundations and road in Al Walaja village, West Bank,
November 12, 2013. Hisham stands on his family's land, through which
the new road will pass, destroying 50 of their olive trees in its
path. It is still unclear what the purpose of this new road is,
except that this is connected to the building of the Separation Wall
around the village. The Abu Ali family owns around 30 dunams of land
that will remain on the other side of the Separation Wall. Once
completed, the Separation Wall will surround Al Walaja village
completely, 360 degrees, and residents will be cut off from most of
their land.
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Absiya
Jafari, aged more than 100 year-old, holds a Palestinian passport
issued during the British Mandate, belonging to her husband and
herself, Al Walaja, West Bank, November 23, 2013. The original
village of Al Walaja was completely destroyed in 1948 during the
Nakba and all villagers were forced to leave and became refugees. 75
per cent of the village’s original 17,793 dunums of land was lost
in 1948. Many went to Jordan, Lebanon, and Bethlehem areas. After
some time; a new village was built beyond the Green Line. A
Separation Wall is currently built all around the village and
residents will be cut off from most of their land.
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Protesters hold a sign reading "Closed
Centers Humiliate Humanity," during a demonstration in support
of asylum seekers and against current European migration policies,
Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 2013. The demonstration occurred two
weeks after the the shipwreck off the Italian island Lampedusa that
left 359 migrants dead. This is the worst immigration tragedy for
Italy in more than a decade.
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Afghan
asylum seekers living in a abandoned school for the past week,
Brussels, Belgium, November 1, 2013. Hundreds of Afghan asylum
seekers live in the abandoned school building in difficult
conditions. They have been protesting for months, demanding asylum
and protection from Belgium. Belgium has been involved in the Afghan
conflict for 10 years. Without papers, Afghan asylum seekers cannot
work or find decent housing. They are around 2.7 million Afghans who
continue to live in exile and some 450,000 are internally displaced.
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An
Afghan asylum seeker inside the church of the Beguinage used as a
temporary shelter in the city center of Brussels, Belgium, December
7, 2013. Hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers live in the church in
difficult conditions, with only two toilets. They have been
protesting for months, demanding asylum and protection from Belgium
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Afghans
wearing a sign reading "We are not dangerous, we are in danger"
during a march held by hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers from
Brussels to Mons in Belgium on December 20, 2013. The 70-km march
scheduled for three days intends to raise awareness on the precarious
situation of the Afghan asylum seekers who demand protection from
Belgium.
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