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When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — Last week in Parkland, Florida, wrecking equipment began demolishing the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman’s rampage in 2018 ended with 17 people dead. So coming down, that’s the monumental event.” FILE - Workers begin demolition Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at the Tree of Life building in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic …

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When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last week in Parkland, Florida, …

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Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history
1 year, 6 months ago

Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history

Al Jazeera  

The Hindu far-right’s actions in Nuh, in India’s Haryana, echo Israel’s policies of trying to delete histories and legacies of the Palestinian people. Much like Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport stands adamantly on the remains of Palestinian communities forced from their homes, a new temple to the Hindu god Ram has been built over the debris of the historic Babri Masjid …

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Politics of ruin: Why Modi wants to demolish India’s mosques
1 year, 11 months ago

Politics of ruin: Why Modi wants to demolish India’s mosques

Al Jazeera  

A historic 16th-century mosque, Shahi Masjid, in Prayagraj city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state was demolished by bulldozers on January 9 under a road-widening project. Another mosque, one of the largest and oldest in India, Shamsi Jama Masjid, an 800-year-old national heritage site in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, became a matter of dispute last year when a court case was filed …

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Israel prepares to demolish family home of Palestinian gunman
2 years, 1 month ago

Israel prepares to demolish family home of Palestinian gunman

Al Jazeera  

Israel sealed the family home of a Palestinian who killed seven Israelis on Friday as part of punitive measures aimed at relatives. Israel has sealed off the home of a Palestinian man who killed seven people outside a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem, in a preliminary step ahead of the expected demolition of the building. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli police …

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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian school in Masafer Yatta
2 years, 3 months ago

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian school in Masafer Yatta

Al Jazeera  

The school served 22 students from four different villages in the southern occupied West Bank region, where Palestinian residents face forcible displacement. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli forces have demolished a recently-built Palestinian primary school in the Masafer Yatta region of the southern occupied West Bank, where residents are facing the ongoing threat of forced displacement. “The Israeli occupation …

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