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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Protesters lob rocks, chairs at Border Police
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA protest in the Beit El settlement in the West Bank turns violent following a High Court of Justice ruling to uphold its initial decision to destroy two buildings in the town.
Demonstrators start fires, and throw rocks, chairs and tables at Border Police officers. Law enforcement, in turn, uses water cannons against the protesters, according to the Ynet news site.
The court rejected an appeal by the Dreinoff project’s contractor to stave off the demolition order, prompting the violent response.
The High Court determined the neighborhood was built on private Palestinian land seized by the IDF in the 1970s and ordered the buildings destroyed by July 30.
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