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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
A bulldozer demolishes a homes in the Netiv Ha'avot outpost on June 13, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 13, 2018, 3:46 pm
Bulldozers raze Netiv Ha’avot outpost after settlers clear out
Few on site for court-ordered demolition, a day after police evacuate homeowners and thousands of protesters
By Jacob Magid
A police officer is treated by medics after being attacked by settlers during the evacuation of the illegal West Bank outpost of Netiv Ha'avot on June 12, 2018. (Israel Police)
June 12, 2018, 5:26 pm
In final standoff before razing of outpost homes, protests take a violent turn
8 officers hurt as demonstrators at Netiv Ha'avot hurl rocks, bottles, paint at police; eviction process likely to take hours
By Jacob Magid
Residents of the Netiv Ha'avot outpost in the West Bank leave their home peacefully ahead of its court-ordered demolition, June 12, 2018. (Jacob Magid/The Times of Israel)
June 12, 2018, 12:04 pm
Police begin evacuating Netiv Ha’avot families ahead of home demolitions
15 homes in West Bank outpost to be removed Tuesday, after High Court ruled they are illegally built on private land
By Jacob Magid
Protesters at the Netiv Ha'avot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank shortly before the expected demolition of 15 homes built illegally on private Palestinian land, on June 12, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 12, 2018, 8:11 am
Thousands of cops, protesters brace for Netiv Ha’avot outpost demolition
15 homes in the illegal West Bank settlement to be demolished Tuesday after High Court ruled they are built on private Palestinian land
By Jacob Magid
People seen near a home slated for demolition in the illegal Jewish neighborhood of Netiv Ha'avot on June 11, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 11, 2018, 6:18 pm
As bulldozers near, outpost residents vow they’ll be back, and they may be right
15 families in Nativ Ha'avot neighborhood in settlement bloc south of Jerusalem feel imminent razing will ultimately strengthen their claim to hilltop
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a July 2015 cabinet meeting, when Mandelblit was serving as cabinet secretary. (Emil Salman/Pool)
June 10, 2018, 6:24 pm
Watchdog seeks to prevent private AG-Netanyahu meetings
Movement for Quality Government says the meetings constitute a conflict of interest due to ongoing probes of PM
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum gives a speech to thousands of his followers at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, on June 3, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 9, 2018, 8:46 pm
Head of Satmar Hasidic sect castigates followers for admiring Israel, IDF
Anti-Zionist rabbi laments 'tremendous and terrible spiritual decline' among his followers, says there can be 'no compromise' on ultra-Orthodox enlistment
By TOI staff
The High Court of Justice judges arrive for a hearing regarding the Regulation Law at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 4:45 pm
State: There’s no alternative to outpost legalization law, warts and all
But representative of the attorney general, who opposes the law, says other legal measures should be found to retroactively approve thousands of illegal homes
By Jacob Magid
View of caravan houses in the illegal West Bank outpost of Amona on January 16, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 3:21 am
High Court set to hear petitions against outpost legalization law
Supporters of controversial Regulation Law, which has been frozen since being passed by Knesset, argue that system 'stacked against' legislation
By Jacob Magid
Leah, right, and Simcha Goldin, parents of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body was kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, attend a press conference in Ramat Gan, April 25, 2018. (Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 5:35 pm
State to inform family of missing soldier before giving up terrorists for burial
Following High Court petition, government says it will notify relatives of IDF serviceman whose remains are held by Hamas 72 hours ahead of returning any bodies
By TOI staff
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
Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 6:09 am
Checking Supreme Court’s powers, Bennett looks to ‘rebalance’ Israeli democracy
The Jewish Home leader says a much-criticized bill allowing the Knesset to override the court represents his party’s biggest achievement: pushing Netanyahu to the right
By Raoul Wootliff
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer (C) arrives at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem for a hearing about public transportation on Shabbat, on September 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2018, 8:56 pm
MKs push ahead with bill curbing High Court in West Bank land disputes
Justice Minister Shaked hails move as helping settlers, reducing load for top court, but opposition lawmaker slam it as part of 'annexation bid'
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Then-outgoing Supreme Court chief justice Miriam Naor speaks during her a farewell ceremony in Jerusalem, on November 6, 2017.(Flash90)
May 27, 2018, 8:46 pm
Ex-chief justice slams bill allowing override of Supreme Court rulings
'In what world do you want to live? In a world in which the court lacks authority?' Miriam Naor says of proposed legislation
By TOI staff
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