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A petition was filed, Tuesday, in federal court in Canada to force Foreign Affairs Minister, Melanie Joly, to stop issuing export permits for military goods and technology sales to Israel, Anadolu Agency reports. The suit, launched by Palestinian-Canadians and the Al-Haq Palestinian non-governmental organisation and the Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR), argues the sale violates Canadian and international law. Canada’s Export and Import Permits Act states that the Foreign Minister must deny military goods and technology exports and permit applications if there is a substantial risk that would undermine peace and security. “We are seeking to hold Canada to its own standards and to its international legal obligations,” CLAIHR board member, Henry Off, told Al Jazeera in a telephone interview.

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Yaffa, Palestine 

Circa 1920s

Palestinians gathering in a parade to celebrate the Palestinian summer festival of Nabi Reuben.

Here’s some more information from Wikipedia:

The festival was apparently very ancient. Walid Khalidi, a prominent Palestinian historian, says it might date to Canaanite times, though some point to medieval times. There is a similar festival, Nabi Musa, celebrating the prophet Moses near Jericho.

The village of Nabi Rubin was attacked and mortared by Israel during the Nakba of 1948, and its inhabitants expelled. The shrine was abandoned, the miranet destroyed, and it was refurbished as a Jewish holy site. The festival was not held again.