Tag: Bil’in
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Haaretz: “State Asks High Court to Rule if it Must Evacuate Heftsiba Squatters”
By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent The State Prosecution asked the High Court of Justice on Tuesday to rule on whether it is obligated to remove to squatters from dozens of apartments in the Matityahu East district of the West Bank settlement of Modi’in Illit. The High Court issued an injunction roughly a year and a…
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JTA: “Settlements a Risky Investment”
Legally questionable land purchases have played a role in bringing one of Israel’s largest contractors and one of the chief builders of West Bank settlements to the brink of bankruptcy, says the spokesman for Americans for Peace Now. by Ori Nir. Published: 08/10/2007 WASHINGTON (JTA) — When West Bank settlers recently launched an ambitious campaign…
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Bilin: Four Detained as Military get Physical with Demonstrators
Bilin 10th August 2007 About 100 international, Palestinian, and Israeli activists, and demonstrators, gathered in Bil’in village on the morning of August 10th 2007 for what was to be the 131st demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Ilit. It would be the first demonstration since the illegal squatting by…