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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Bab a-Shams

Palestinians set up the protest tent outpost in front of camera crews on March 20. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi//Flash90)
March 24, 2013, 4:37 am
Police demolish Palestinian protest outpost
Activists removed from second such tent city erected on controversial E1 land east of capital
By Joshua Davidovich
Palestinian protestors gather next to tents erected near the West Bank village of Beit Iksa, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, on Sunday (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
January 21, 2013, 8:03 am
Israel evacuates Palestinian ‘outpost’
Makeshift protest village near Jerusalem was second of its kind to pop up in a month
By Yoel Goldman
Palestinian protestors gather next to tents erected near the West Bank village of Beit Iksa, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, on Sunday (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
January 21, 2013, 2:43 am
Government orders evacuation of Palestinian camp
Makeshift protest village near Jerusalem is second of its kind to pop up this month
By Yoel Goldman
Pro-Palestinian activists place Palestinian flags in the new outpost of Bab el-Shams (Gate of the Sun) in the area known as E1, near Jerusalem, Saturday. (photo credit: AP)
January 17, 2013, 12:43 am
Israel dismantles E1 Palestinian outpost, activists say
Move comes hours after court says security needs outweigh fact that makeshift tent village may have been set up on private land
By Joshua Davidovich
Activists and Border Police at the Bab a-Shams tent village, Tuesday (photo credit: Lemapal/Twitter)
January 16, 2013, 6:53 pm
High Court approves dismantling of E1 tent city
Judges overturn temporary injunction; say security issues outweigh landowners’ request to keep the ‘outpost’ intact
Activists and Border Police at the Bab a-Shams tent village, Tuesday (photo credit: Lemapal/Twitter)
January 15, 2013, 3:35 pm
Palestinians attempt return to E1 tent village
Several arrested as activists march to outpost previously evacuated by Israeli security forces
By Aaron Kalman
Israeli Border Police remove a Palestinian from an outpost of tents in an area known as E1, near Jerusalem, January 13, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
January 13, 2013, 8:46 pm
Fatah and Hamas laud activists for E1 tent village
PLO dailies hail ‘nonviolent resistance’; Islamists call on West Bank residents to step up their ‘resistance and combative actions against the ‘Zionist occupation’
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative photo of an Israeli settlement (CC BY-Trocaire, Flickr)
January 13, 2013, 6:27 pm
State to build 170 settlement homes in Jordan Valley, activists say
Peace Now says Israel moving forward with plans to put up homes and guestrooms in settlement of Rotem
By Joshua Davidovich
Bab El-Shams, in the E1 parcel east of Jerusalem. (photo credit: Flash90)
January 13, 2013, 3:39 am
Police evacuate Palestinian outpost, leave tents for now
Activists removed from makeshift tent village after court puts halt to demolition; departing protesters reportedly set one tent alight
By Joshua Davidovich
Palestinian activists marching to set up the Bab el-Shams outpost on Friday. (photo credit: Flash90)
January 13, 2013, 12:48 am
Attorney general says Palestinian outpost will lead to riots
Yehuda Weinstein calls on court to overturn injunction stopping army from tearing down makeshift tent village
By Joshua Davidovich
Pro-Palestinian activists place Palestinian flags in the new outpost of Bab el-Shams (Gate of the Sun) in the area known as E1, near Jerusalem, Saturday. (photo credit: AP)
January 12, 2013, 6:30 pm
Netanyahu urges court to allow evacuation of E1 tent city
Access to outpost between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim blocked as PM awaits response to state’s motion to allow security forces to dismantle it
By Michal Shmulovich
January 11, 2013, 4:05 pm
Palestinians build outpost in West Bank tract slated for settlement
Organizers erect 20 tents in E1 area, located between Jerusalem, Maaleh Adumim, say they’re there to stay
By Ilan Ben Zion
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