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*** 2-Feb-17 World View -- Israel expels residents of Amona West Bank settlement, testing rule of law in Israel
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Israel expels residents of Amona West Bank settlement, testing rule of law in Israel
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Jewish settlers lock arms inside a house as Israeli security forces try to evict them. (EPA)
Under court order, Israeli security forces began on Wednesday the
forced eviction of settlers from the Amona settlement in the West
Bank.
In 2014, Israel's High Court ruled that the Jewish settlement had been
built on private Palestinian land, and that the settlement was
illegal. The court ordered the government to evacuate and demolish
the community by December 25, 2016. But under fierce pressure from
settlers and their Knesset supporters, the government in late December
secured a 45-day extension from the court until February 8.
Israel's government had hoped that the expulsion would go smoothly, as
they had made an agreement that the evacuated settlers could move to
an adjacent plot of land on the same hilltop as Amona. However, local
Palestinians objected to this plan, saying that the adjacent plot was
also privately owned by Palestinians, and an Israeli human rights
group Yesh Din petitioned the court on behalf of the Palestinians to
prevent this agreement. Last month, the court agreed with the
Palestinians, and issued a temporary injunction halting the
construction of the new settlements.
So Israel's government had to back off from the offer of the adjacent
settlement, and replaced it with an offer to move to the Ofra
settlement, which was farther away but was considered legal under
Israeli law. This new offer was considered unacceptable by Amona
residents, although it was finally accepted on Wednesday.
Amona activists set up makeshift roadblocks and other defenses, as an
army of thousands of unarmed police officers on Wednesday came to
Amona to carry out the evacuation and demolition orders. By
Wednesday evening, 20 police officers were injured and 12 protesters
were arrested.
Pinchas Vallerstein, who represents the Jewish settlers, was unhappy
about the evacuation, but said that it was necessary:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"If you want to live in a democratic society and
> that’s important to you, you can disagree with a decision that the
> court makes, but at the end of the day, you have to live by
> it."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
However, Abdulrahman Saleh, the mayor or a nearby Palestinian town,
has little faith in Israel's legal system. He says,
> [indent]<QUOTE>"I feel the democracy in Israel is just for their
> people. But for Palestinians, either in [historical Palestine] or
> here – it is like [Syria's president] Bashar al-Assad, it’s
> dictatorial. And for their people, it is 100 percent
> democracy."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Times of Israel and CS Monitor
Related Articles
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**** Israel approves large settlement -- first new settlement in West Bank in decades
****
For the first time in 20 years, Israel announced that it will build a
new settlement in the West Bank. Previous announcements of new
settlers' homes in the West Bank have been homes added to existing
settlements.
The new settlement will have 3,000 homes. This is the third
announcement of this type since Donald Trump became president on
January 20. The previous announcements were for 2,500 housing units
in the West Bank, and 550 in East Jerusalem. At the time that the
2,500 housing units were approved, Israel's prime minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said that the expansion was just a "first taste."
Many people believe Netanyahu is pursuing an extremely aggressive new
settlement building policy because Trump is more sympathetic to
settlement construction than Barack Obama. According to Palestinian
official Hanan Ashrawi:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The silence of the new American government, including
> those who actively support the settlements in the White House and
> the administration as a whole, has emboldened Netanyahu to persist
> with his settlement activities."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Israel claims that the new West Bank settlements are legal under
international law, but many in the international community disagree,
saying not only that they're illegal but also that they're a barrier
to a "two-state" peace deal. This refers to the fantasy that there
will be some kind of negotiation that will lead to an agreement that
Israel and a Palestinian state will exist side-by-side in peace and
harmony. Generational Dynamics predicts that Arabs and Jews will
re-fight the 1948 genocidal war between Arabs and Jews that followed
the partitioning of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
BBC
and CNN and Jerusalem Post
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, Amona, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ofra,
Hanan Ashrawi, Pinchas Vallerstein, Abdulrahman Saleh
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Israel expels residents of Amona West Bank settlement, testing rule of law in Israel
- Israel approves large settlement -- first new settlement in West Bank in decades
****
**** Israel expels residents of Amona West Bank settlement, testing rule of law in Israel
****
Jewish settlers lock arms inside a house as Israeli security forces try to evict them. (EPA)
Under court order, Israeli security forces began on Wednesday the
forced eviction of settlers from the Amona settlement in the West
Bank.
In 2014, Israel's High Court ruled that the Jewish settlement had been
built on private Palestinian land, and that the settlement was
illegal. The court ordered the government to evacuate and demolish
the community by December 25, 2016. But under fierce pressure from
settlers and their Knesset supporters, the government in late December
secured a 45-day extension from the court until February 8.
Israel's government had hoped that the expulsion would go smoothly, as
they had made an agreement that the evacuated settlers could move to
an adjacent plot of land on the same hilltop as Amona. However, local
Palestinians objected to this plan, saying that the adjacent plot was
also privately owned by Palestinians, and an Israeli human rights
group Yesh Din petitioned the court on behalf of the Palestinians to
prevent this agreement. Last month, the court agreed with the
Palestinians, and issued a temporary injunction halting the
construction of the new settlements.
So Israel's government had to back off from the offer of the adjacent
settlement, and replaced it with an offer to move to the Ofra
settlement, which was farther away but was considered legal under
Israeli law. This new offer was considered unacceptable by Amona
residents, although it was finally accepted on Wednesday.
Amona activists set up makeshift roadblocks and other defenses, as an
army of thousands of unarmed police officers on Wednesday came to
Amona to carry out the evacuation and demolition orders. By
Wednesday evening, 20 police officers were injured and 12 protesters
were arrested.
Pinchas Vallerstein, who represents the Jewish settlers, was unhappy
about the evacuation, but said that it was necessary:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"If you want to live in a democratic society and
> that’s important to you, you can disagree with a decision that the
> court makes, but at the end of the day, you have to live by
> it."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
However, Abdulrahman Saleh, the mayor or a nearby Palestinian town,
has little faith in Israel's legal system. He says,
> [indent]<QUOTE>"I feel the democracy in Israel is just for their
> people. But for Palestinians, either in [historical Palestine] or
> here – it is like [Syria's president] Bashar al-Assad, it’s
> dictatorial. And for their people, it is 100 percent
> democracy."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Times of Israel and CS Monitor
Related Articles
- Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits (10-Jun-2016)
- Israeli-Palestinian violence spreads across West Bank as anger grows (09-Oct-2015)
****
**** Israel approves large settlement -- first new settlement in West Bank in decades
****
For the first time in 20 years, Israel announced that it will build a
new settlement in the West Bank. Previous announcements of new
settlers' homes in the West Bank have been homes added to existing
settlements.
The new settlement will have 3,000 homes. This is the third
announcement of this type since Donald Trump became president on
January 20. The previous announcements were for 2,500 housing units
in the West Bank, and 550 in East Jerusalem. At the time that the
2,500 housing units were approved, Israel's prime minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said that the expansion was just a "first taste."
Many people believe Netanyahu is pursuing an extremely aggressive new
settlement building policy because Trump is more sympathetic to
settlement construction than Barack Obama. According to Palestinian
official Hanan Ashrawi:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The silence of the new American government, including
> those who actively support the settlements in the White House and
> the administration as a whole, has emboldened Netanyahu to persist
> with his settlement activities."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Israel claims that the new West Bank settlements are legal under
international law, but many in the international community disagree,
saying not only that they're illegal but also that they're a barrier
to a "two-state" peace deal. This refers to the fantasy that there
will be some kind of negotiation that will lead to an agreement that
Israel and a Palestinian state will exist side-by-side in peace and
harmony. Generational Dynamics predicts that Arabs and Jews will
re-fight the 1948 genocidal war between Arabs and Jews that followed
the partitioning of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
BBC
and CNN and Jerusalem Post
Related Articles
- Explosive Israeli policy decisions reportedly put on hold at Trump's request (23-Jan-2017)
- France issues ultimatum to Israel as West Bank tensions grow (02-Feb-2016)
- Mideast Roadmap - Will it bring peace? (1-May-2003)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, Amona, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ofra,
Hanan Ashrawi, Pinchas Vallerstein, Abdulrahman Saleh
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Phone: 617-864-0010
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