Category: In the Media

  • Left-wing activists, Palestinians cut hole in separation fence

    By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent Left-wing activists and Palestinians cut a 30-meter hole in the security fence south of Mount Hebron on Saturday in a demonstration against its construction and route, which they said deviates from the Green Line. The activists said it took Israel Defense Forces at least an hour to reach the site…

  • Haaretz: The Hebron tactic

    By Amira Hass For about 25 minutes, they behaved liked lords of the land: One man, followed later by a young guy, descended from Mitzpeh Yair, one of the unauthorized outposts in the southern Mt. Hebron area, and prevented a United Nations jeep from traveling. UN directives prohibit leaving the vehicle in such cases, in…

  • Al Jazeera: Israel evicts Hebron settlers

    by: Al Jazeera and agencies Israeli security forces have removed about two dozen Jewish settlers and supporters from two Palestinian properties they took over last year in an abandoned Palestinian market in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hundreds of Israeli border guards moved in at dawn on Tuesday to evict the settlers from the…

  • Haaretz: IDF to halt training in populated West Bank villages

    By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Defense Forces will no longer conduct reserves training exercises which involve the “capture” of populated villages in the West Bank, the military Advocate General Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit announced this week. Mandelblit informed the human rights organization Yesh Din of the army’s decision pending the completion of an…

  • Haaretz: A visit to the jungle

    By Akiva Eldar Last week the prime minister congratulated Ariel College for being elevated by the Judea and Samaria Council of Higher Education to university status. Today, Ehud Olmert is traveling to Jericho, in order to hold talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, on an agreement of principles (and perhaps even “agreed-upon principles”) for…