Authorities demolish illegal West Bank outpost, evacuate settlers

Police and Civil Administration personnel demolish the illegal West Bank outpost of Or Ahuvia close to the settlement of Ofra and evacuate the settlers who had taken up residence in the early hours of the morning.

A rudimentary home was torn down and various equipment at the site was confiscated, settlement activists say. The Civil Administration says the outpost had been established on private Palestinian land.

Or Ahuvia was established in recent months by a group of young female settlement activists in memory of Ahuvia Sandak, who died in a car crash while fleeing from police in December 2020, allegedly after throwing rocks at Palestinians.

Activists say that they had planned for Or Ahuvia to be part of a “Jewish territorial contiguity” area along with Or Meir and two other illegal outposts.