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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Amona

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sits next to military secretary Avi Blot during a cabinet meeting on August 16, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 4, 2019, 3:19 pm
Netanyahu’s military secretary reprimanded for outpost removal confusion
Avi Blot receives official censure from IDF chief of staff for failing to convey government decision to call off eviction
By Judah Ari Gross
Then-defense minister Avigdor Liberman visits the site of the new West Bank settlement of Amichai, built for residents of the demolished Amona outpost, on October 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 4, 2019, 12:01 pm
Liberman: Netanyahu threw his military aide under the bus for outpost clearance
Ex-defense chief accuses PM of a ‘desperate attempt to find a scapegoat’ after criticism from right over Amona evacuation
By ToI Staff
Border Police clear several hundred settler youths who had crammed into a pair of illegally placed mobile homes on the Amona outpost on January 3, 2018. (Binyamin Regional Council)
January 4, 2019, 10:45 am
Situation normal, all fudged up: 10 things to know for January 4
It’s election season, which means the spin cycle is on overdrive, and nobody is safe from the whirring blades of politicking
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Members of the Israeli security forces remove a caravan that settlers had brought to the former outpost of Amona on January 3, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
January 4, 2019, 1:52 am
Amid criticism, PM claims he told aide to call off Amona evacuation — report
Military secretary Avi Blot blamed after reportedly failing to relay order to halt in time, but some don’t buy story; defense official admits army gave settlers heads-up
By Jacob Magid
IDF forces seen at the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank on January 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 3, 2019, 12:37 pm
Right-wing leaders slam PM for evacuating Amona but not Palestinian hamlet
Netanyahu also takes heat from left after clearing of illegal structures in West Bank, with opposition parties accusing government of emboldening ‘dangerous’ settler ‘militias’
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Border Police clear several hundred settler youths who had crammed into a pair of illegally placed mobile homes on the Amona outpost on January 3, 2018. (Binyamin Regional Council)
January 3, 2019, 8:33 am
23 police officers, 4 settlers hurt in violent clashes at Amona outpost
Police clear 2 mobile homes installed illegally on West Bank hilltop; 7 demonstrators arrested; hundreds of protesters converge on site; far-right activists say at least 10 hurt
By Jacob Magid
(From L-R) Chaim Silberstein, Raphael Ish-Ran, Culture Minister Miri Regev, Binyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Gantz and Avichay Buaron attend a ceremony marking the alleged purchase of land where the Amona outpost once stood on December 23, 2018. (Eli Sabati)
December 23, 2018, 6:12 pm
Minister attends inauguration ceremony for Havat Amona illegal outpost
Organizers hold ceremony on adjacent hilltop so that Miri Regev won’t violate closed military zone order, which IDF hasn’t enforced against settlers
By Jacob Magid
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at the Globes conference in Jerusalem on December 20, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 20, 2018, 1:49 pm
AG on Netanyahu probes: We’re not going after any one person, only justice
Mandelblit says his office will work quickly to make decision on indictments; slams MK for involvement in caravan installation on Amona hilltop
By Jacob Magid
Settlers install a pair of caravans on the hilltop where the illegal Amona outpost once stood on December 13, 2018. (Bezalel Smotrich/Twitter)
December 14, 2018, 5:32 pm
Amid Palestinian terror, settlers set up 2 caravans at razed Amona outpost
Right-wing activists say they purchased 40 dunams of land on hilltop in central West Bank from Palestinian landowners; Defense Ministry says move wasn’t coordinated as required
By Jacob Magid
Police forces arrest protesters in the illegal outpost of Amona, on February 1, 2017, during the settlement's evacuation. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 26, 2018, 4:40 pm
Far-right activist convicted of inciting violence during Amona evacuation
Panel of judges overturns initial acquittal of Dor Oved, 27, after deeming as credible threats he made in WhatsApp group of demonstrators at outpost razing
By Jacob Magid
The first caravan is placed on the grounds of the new Amichai settlement for evacuees of the illegal Amona outpost on February 21, 2018. (Courtesy: Amona evacuees)
August 8, 2018, 4:37 pm
State planning to triple size of new settlement for Amona evacuees
Civil Administration proposal would see Adei Ad outpost included within the jurisdiction area of Amichai, thereby legalizing the hilltop community located over a kilometer away
By Jacob Magid
US President Barack Obama (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 9, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 23, 2018, 5:19 am
Obama’s peace envoy: Israel is carrying out ‘reversed Oslo’ in West Bank
Instead of gradually transferring power to PA, Jewish state is handing it to settlers, says former US State Department representative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
By Jacob Magid
Police remove a demonstrator from a home in Netiv Ha'avot, June 12, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 13, 2018, 11:24 pm
Netiv Ha’avot demolition may be a sign the settlers are winning
The public wasn’t galvanized to resist the demolition of 15 homes in the Etzion bloc outpost, but that might never have been the goal
By Jacob Magid and Video by Luke Tress
Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 11:21 am
High Court walks back position allowing seizing Palestinian land for settler use
Chief justice says 2017 ruling by colleague Salim Joubran contradicts previous legal precedents on matters of West Bank land disputes
By Jacob Magid
The first caravan is placed on the grounds of the new Amichai settlement for evacuees of the illegal Amona outpost on February 21, 2018. (Courtesy: Amona evacuees)
March 25, 2018, 6:04 pm
Amona evacuees to move into first new West Bank settlement in 25 years
First 25 families to enter their homes in an official ceremony in Amichai on Monday, 14 months after illegal outpost was razed; remaining 17 families to arrive after Passover
By Jacob Magid
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