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February 26, 2013

Peaceful Protests Put Pressure on Israel

The National, The National

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Arafat Jaradat, a 30-year-old Palestinian petrol-station attendant and father of two young children, was arrested on February 18 after a protest at an Israeli settlement near Hebron. After he died in jail on Saturday, Israeli officials said with bland effrontery that a heart attack was the probable cause of death.

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TAGGED: West Bank, Palestinians, Palestine, Middle East, Arafat Jaradat

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