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Palestinian mayor vows new court bid to evict settlers
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe mayor of Silwad, the West Bank town adjacent to the newly evacuated outpost of Amona, intends to petition Israel’s High Court to evacuate homes built on private Palestinian land in the nearby settlement of Ofra.
Silwad Mayor Abdul Rahman Saleh tells The Times of Israel that after winning the court battle to evacuate Amona, they are now “going to evacuate the settlers from Ofra.”
He adds: “It will take time, but I will try.”
Noting that Ofra was originally founded on a Jordanian military base, the mayor says he would be willing to accept the presence of Israeli soldiers there, but that the private Israeli homes are illegal and illegitimate.
— Dov Lieber
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