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Meet Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Protester Freed After a Year in "ICE Dungeon"
Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia details her year-long detention in an ICE jail, drawing stark parallels between her treatment in US custody and her experiences growing up under military occupation in the West Bank.
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"Racist Regime": Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians
Israeli-Iranian journalist Orly Noy details how Israel's 'racist and supremacist regime' denies Palestinians access to bomb shelters and uses regional conflicts to escalate actions in the West Bank and Gaza.
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