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Activists remove Israeli symbols from settler-occupied Bethlehem building
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Activists removed a Star of David and Israeli flags from the rooftop of a building in the Ush Ghurab area of Bethlehem Governorate, Eye on Palestine reported. The structure has been under settler control for three years. The removal of the symbols marks a direct challenge to the Israeli presence in the area.
The building's seizure by settlers occurred three years prior to the activists' action. Ush Ghurab, located in the Bethlehem Governorate, has been a site of ongoing Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. The removal of flags and emblems from rooftops has become a form of Palestinian resistance against settler expansion in Palestinian territories.
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