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The different ways Israel treats Jewish, Palestinian outposts in the West Bank
Palestinian activists protest Israeli attempts to ‘legalize’ settlement outposts by erecting one of their own. Unlike two nearby Jewish outposts, however, the Israeli army demolishes the Palestinian camp within hours. Dozens of Palestinian activists erected an “outpost” in the Jordan Valley Thursday, in protest of recent Israeli army demolitions of Palestinian homes in the area,…
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Haggai Matar
November 19, 2016
Settlers crowd-fund construction of illegal outpost on Palestinian land
After Israeli security forces demolished two structures in an illegal settlement outpost near Hebron, settlers are raising money to rebuild on an Israeli crowd-funding website. By Noam Rotem and John Brown* The Israeli military demolished several structures in a settlement outpost called “Givat Gal,” built illegally on private Palestinian land near Hebron earlier this month.…
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June 21, 2016
The right to own property — for Jews alone
The government never authorized the wholesale annexation of the West Bank. That’s why it’s doing it behind everyone’s backs. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Our previous post on Yesh Din’s new position paper, “From Occupation to Annexation,” explored the various ways the Israeli government implements the Levy Report. This post will focus on another critical…
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March 4, 2016
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West Bank outposts: An entire system of dispossession
At the core of Israel’s settlement outpost system lies the systemic violation of Palestinian human rights. By Yossi Gurvitz, written for Yesh Din If we had to look for a good example of the meaning of the outpost system – the unofficial settlements Israel builds in the West Bank – we could hardly expect a better one…
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April 22, 2015
The lie Israel sold the world — settlement ‘outposts’
The Israeli government’s policy proves that the outposts are effectively settlements – only you’ll never hear them being called that. “The outposts are not ‘hilltop youth.’ It is a carefully planned seizure of strategic points, the outposts have been coordinated with the prime minister.” – Adi Minz, former Yesha Council Chairman, 2004. By Yossi Gurvitz for…
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April 3, 2015
How Bibi is turning the defense budget into a settler slush fund
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya’alon will transfer NIS 70 million from the defense budget to compensate the Ulpana Hill lawbreakers. How will the common soldier interpret the command’s will? By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Israel’s Channel 10 exposed earlier this week another layer in the unending saga of Ulpana Hill: Prime…
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January 9, 2015
Apartheid or not, separation is the reality
After nearly 50 years of occupation, it has become impossible to differentiate between Israel’s ‘security concerns’ and flat-out apartheid policies. By Hagai El-Ad “So far as the issue is security, these considerations are relevant and the role of the minister of defense indeed is to defend Israeli citizens. And I also realized that he said…
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November 17, 2014
WATCH: Settlers assault, throw stones at Palestinian farmers
The villagers of Ash-Shuyukh have been trying to reach their lands for 10 years — each time they are attacked by settlers. When they arrived there on Saturday, Israeli activists had cameras ready. Settlers attacked a small group of Palestinian farmers from the village of Ash-Shuyukh who came to work their land near the settlements…
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Haggai Matar
November 17, 2014
Creeping dispossession destroys Palestinian agrarian communities
The existence of the illegal Adei Ad settlement outpost harms Palestinians not just physically but also financially, and leads to the abandonment of Palestinian villages. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz The Israeli media stopped, in recent years, paying attention to assaults of Palestinians by settlers, unless it is a particularly severe case, such…
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April 28, 2013
‘There is peace here’: Notes from a journey to settler backcountry
After deciding to visit a few wildcat Jewish settlements in the West Bank, I felt anxious. Will they recognize us for the Tel Aviv leftists that we are? Will they become enraged at our questions? Might we face violence? Arriving at the settlement gate, however, I am struck by just how much the place resembles…
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Edo Konrad
March 6, 2013
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