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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Khirbet Zanuta

An Israeli, allegedly from the illegal settlement outpost of Meitarim Farm, peers into the home of Palestinians in the West Bank village of Khirbet Zanuta, August 31, 2024. (Courtesy Haqel)
September 24, 2024, 2:11 pm
Displaced Palestinians say IDF, police in contempt of court order to allow them back home
Khirbet Zanuta villagers tell High Court authorities failing to fulfill its ruling to facilitate their return home; legal scholars warn continued displacement may be war crime
By Jeremy Sharon
Residents of the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta tend to their sheep with their homes in the background, following their return to the dwelling after they fled settler violence last year, August 21, 2024. (Hamdan Ballal / Haqel)
September 9, 2024, 2:02 pm
Israel warns Palestinian village will be demolished if residents refuse to relocate
State revives 2007 demolition orders against Khirbet Zanuta, after High Court ruling last month allowed Palestinian residents who fled settler violence to return
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: Volunteers with the Hashomer Yosh (Guardians of Judea and Samaria) organization which was sanctioned by the US on August 28, 2024. (Screenshot from promotional campaign video for Hashomer Yosh; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 28, 2024, 11:12 pm
US issues new batch of sanctions targeting West Bank settlers amid rampant violence
Biden administration blacklists security chief of radical Yitzhar settlement and a group funded by Israeli gov’t that secures illegal outposts; PM views move ‘with great severity’
By Jacob Magid and Jeremy Sharon
Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
August 1, 2024, 6:59 pm
Court: Israel must enable return of displaced Palestinians to West Bank villages
Villagers fled homes amid settler violence in October; High Court justices upbraid police for investigative failures, insist they are obligated to protect Palestinian civilians
By Jeremy Sharon
Yinon Levi works on his farm in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank, May 12, 2024. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
June 6, 2024, 12:28 pm
Shrugging off international sanctions, extremist settlers appear emboldened
Frozen accounts seen as little more than a minor setback, overcome with a little help from friends, fundraisers, and workarounds offered by banks
By AP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from the Givechak website of the crowd funding campaign for Yinon Levi, the founder of the illegal Meitarim Farm West Bank outpost after he was put on a US sanctions list. (Screen capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 14, 2024, 11:09 am
Contract signed with sanctioned Israeli exposes settler municipality to US sanctions
Documents reveal Har Hebron Regional Council subsidiary inked deal with Yinon Levi to build illegal outpost from which US says he carried out attacks on Palestinians
By Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90/File)
February 6, 2024, 9:10 pm
For Israeli extremists sanctioned by US, many allegations of violence, little time served
All four radicals targeted by White House are accused of attacks on Palestinians, including leading the Huwara riot, harassing villagers, beating activists and throwing rocks
By Jeremy Sharon
Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
December 24, 2023, 7:04 pm
Palestinian villages abandoned due to settler violence declared closed military zones
IDF says villages closed off to prevent friction between Palestinians and settlers, but lawyer for residents says only Israelis should have been barred
By Jeremy Sharon
A demolished school in the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta. The school was funded in part by the EU, as well as other foreign governments. The demolition of the school comes following threats by local extremists settlers against former residents of the village not to return, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
December 17, 2023, 11:26 pm
EU condemns demolition of West Bank Palestinian school funded by European bloc
Palestinian rights group protests Israel Police failure to visit site and take evidence on yet-unknown vandals, says not enough being done to stop violence by extremist settlers
By Jeremy Sharon
A demolished school in the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta. The school was funded in part by the EU, as well as other foreign governments. The demolition of the school comes following threats by local extremists settlers against former residents of the village not to return, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
December 4, 2023, 8:50 pm
Homes and EU-funded school in West Bank village wrecked after threats by settlers
Leveling of structures in Khirbet Zanuta comes after extremists allegedly harassed residents, causing them to leave
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative - An Israeli settler attacks and shoots an unarmed Palestinian man at point blank range during an incident in the Palestinian village of A-Tuwani village in the South Hebron Hills, October 13, 2023. (Screenshot courtesy of B'tselem, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 20, 2023, 7:41 am
High Court petition demands IDF, police protect Palestinians from settler violence
Over 1,000 Palestinians from 15 rural communities in West Bank have abandoned their villages since October 7 amid alleged attacks by settlers and IDF reservists
By Jeremy Sharon
The Palestinian village of Zanuta in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank. Zanuta was abandoned by its residents following a series of alleged attacks and incidents of harassment by extremist setters from the region. (Jeremy Sharon / Times of Israel)
November 16, 2023, 7:39 am
Facing violence and harassment, hundreds of Palestinians flee West Bank villages
A focus on the Gaza war and blurred lines between the military and settler activists have led to increased aggression against Palestinians and depopulation of several villages
By Jeremy Sharon
A picture provided by Yesh Din, allegedly of Palestinian property being burned by extremist settlers during an attack against Palestinian olive formers outside the village of Burin in the northern West Bank, October 25, 2023. (Courtesy Yesh Din)
October 30, 2023, 11:52 am
Shin Bet said to warn settler violence could cause West Bank eruption
Agency head has warned war cabinet of potential for conflagration, report says; defense minister said to note most assailants are not from settlements; US, France slam incidents
By ToI Staff
August 1, 2012, 2:33 am
Israel must find solution for 27 Palestinians whose village is to be demolished
Zanuta, in the Hebron Hills, is on an archaeological site; residents have lived in caves and illegal structures
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