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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Palestinians set up illegal outpost as protest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSome 500 Palestinian activists set up an illegal outpost in the controversial strip of land east of Jerusalem near Ma’ale Adumim known as E1.
Activists say that the establishment of the “Grandchildren of Yunis” outpost is a protest against the Obama administration, which they claim is traditionally biased in Israel’s favor. The outpost consists of 15 tents.
In January, Palestinians also established an illegal outpost in the E1 corridor, which Israeli police evacuated.
After the Palestinian Authority was granted nonmember observer status at the UN in late November, one of Israel’s responses was to revive its own plans to build in the E1 area, drawing harsh international condemnation. Critics say settlement construction there would make a contiguous Palestinian state nearly impossible.
The Times of Israel Community.