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Israel demolishes West Bank villages as Jewish outposts remains untouched - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Eight people, including children, were thrown out of their shabby hut and left without a roof over their heads on a rainy winter night. The sheep pen was destroyed, and buried underneath it were 15 lambs and a dovecote.

When the walls come tumbling down

Is Israel confusing legitimate criticism of its policies with anti-Semitism to avoid having to make difficult existential decisions? The questions are tough - the answers even more so

Argentina joins Brazil in recognition of Palestinian state

Argentine President sends Abbas letter stating it recognizes Palestine defined by 1967 borders; Uruguay says it will recognize Palestine in 2011; Israel calls announcement 'regrettable'.

Call it terror, not price tag

This is local terror with an instructive purpose - its goal is to terrorize the Palestinians and teach them to behave as the settlers believe they should.

Whither goes our loyalty: To Italy as Italians, or Israel as a Jews?

An Italian living in Israel considers the dilemma facing Jews in the Diaspora as her native country prepares to go to the polls. Is it better to prioritize the state in which we live or to focus on belonging to the State of Israel?

MKs seek ban on East Jerusalem Arabs guiding in the city

Proposal sponsored by Gideon Ezra and seven other MKs, says tourists should get Israeli viewpoint.

Israel settlers start fires amid West Bank harvest

Thick black smoke billows from the olive grove under the gaze of Israeli soldiers as Palestinian farmers use branches to try to beat out the fires lit by Jewish settlers. It's olive harvest time in the occupied West Bank.

Lieberman presents plans for population exchange at UN

Controversial scheme would see part of Israel's Arab population moved to a newly created Palestinian state, in return for evacuation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

New app makes boycotting West Bank settlements a touch easier

Israeli bloggers have recently released a new Android application geared toward informing users whether or not their potential purchases were manufactured in one of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

'Jews for Justice' aid boat sets sail for Gaza

A boat carrying Jewish activists from Israel, Germany, the U.S. and Britain set sail on Sunday for Gaza, hoping to breach Israel's blockade there and deliver aid.

U.S. won't comment on reports of Pollard release deal

Obtaining the release of convicted Israeli spy would give Netanyahu political cover if he extends the settlement building freeze

European Jewish aid ship bound for Gaza ready to sail

An organization of European Jews that wants to sail an aid ship to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza said Wednesday its ship was ready to go, but its port of departure remained a secret

MESS Report / For Palestinians, settler abuse is only the beginning of the ordeal

A Palestinian from the northern West Bank looking to file a complaint against settlers must appear in person at the Ariel police station - but Palestinians are prohibited from entering Israeli territory

Netherlands cancels Israeli mayors tour

Dutch Foreign Ministry cancels tour because participant list includes settlement representatives.

Sun, sea and grit: Israeli and West Bank women risk jail for day at the beach

The mood among the 15 Israeli women is a little tense, but it's hardly surprising – they're about to break the law and with it one of the country's taboos.

Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinian schoolgirl

An Israeli army officer who fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl and then said he would have done the same even if she had been three years old was acquitted on all charges by a military court yesterday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/22/israel-female-soldiers-gaza-occupation

Facebook images of an Israeli servicewoman posing with blindfolded Palestinians have caused a storm. Now two former female conscripts have spoken out about their own experiences

Not enough evidence to convict suspected Jewish terrorist Pearlman'

A Petah Tikva judge on Monday refused a police request to extend by eight days the remand of Chaim Pearlman, a settler suspected of having murdered four Palestinians and wounded several more, on the grounds that "I haven't seen any substantial evidence that could serve to convict …

Hamas leaders in Syria urge West Bank operatives to kidnap Israeli settlers

The Israel Defense Forces West Bank division commander, Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon, has warned Israeli settlers to be on alert for possible abduction attempts across the territory.

Video / Palestinian boy upset by father's arrest garners international media attention

Video footage of a 5-year-old Palestinian boy weeping as his father is arrested by Border Police officers near Hebron this week has been making waves internationally and garnering attention from media outlets worldwid

Palestinians build solar car from scratch

Visitors to the West Bank town of Hebron this summer might find a strange-looking white vehicle motoring through its streets – the first Palestinian solar-powered car.

Chris Patten urges bolder EU approach over Middle East conflict

The European Union must shake off US dominance and take a bolder approach in pressing for a settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the former EU commissioner Chris Patten said today on a visit to Gaza.

State eyes 'legal' takeover of abandoned East Jerusalem properties

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein recently informed the Supreme Court that the state plans to apply the law on abandoned properties to properties in East Jerusalem.

I am not declaring loyalty

The time has come that all of us, irrespective of whether we are Jews or Muslims, ultra-Orthodox or secular, declare our loyalty to the only Jewish democracy in the world.

Italian women pay the ultimate price for jilting their lovers

Eight women in Italy who have broken off relationships have been killed in the past eight weeks

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