Category: In the Media
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In the West Bank, suburb or settlement?
Howard Schneider | The Washington Post 29 June 2009 Chaim Hanfling knows a lot about this settlement’s population boom. Six of his 11 siblings have moved here from Jerusalem in recent years to take advantage of the lower land prices, and at age 29, he has added four children of his own. Located just over…
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Israeli Navy takes control of aid boat headed for Gaza
Ali Waked & Anat Shalev | YNet News 30 June 2009 At around noon Tuesday the Israeli Navy intercepted and took control of a boat that had set sail for the Gaza Strip with three tons of medical supplies, Palestinian sources said, adding that the Navy jammed the boat’s radio signals. The IDF Spokesperson’s Office…
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YNet News: ‘Palestinians: IDF sanctions land theft’
Aviad Glickman | YNet News 30 June 2009 Two residents of the West Bank Palestinian village of Qadum filed a High Court petition against the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday asking that it overturn a military appellate board decision and order a Kedumim settler who they claim invaded their land to return it to them.…