Israeli forces evacuate, raze illegal West Bank outpost for 3rd time in a week

Civil Administration and Border Police forces evacuate and demolish the illegal West Bank outpost of Or Meir for the third time in a week.

Settler activists publish footage of large numbers of security personnel at the site evacuating the local radicals who rebuilt the outpost and confiscating their equipment, including materials for rudimentary buildings, mattresses and other items.

The security forces demolished Or Meir on May 1 and removed its residents, detaining some 25 activists during the operation for resisting evacuation and assaulting police personnel, four of whom were arrested, the Border Police said at the time.

But the settler activists living at the site returned the same night and rebuilt the wildcat settlement, leading Civil Administration and Border Police forces to return on May 2 to repeat the operation, which has now been carried out once again.

Or Meir is situated close to the Ofra settlement north of Jerusalem and has been rebuilt and demolished on numerous occasions in the last few months, including on February 29 this year, and before that on December 25, 2023.