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West Bank outposts
View of the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization
By Jacob Magid
Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law's encouraging of 'Jewish settlement' allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones
View of the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 8, 2018, 11:22 pm
State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization
Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law's encouraging of 'Jewish settlement' allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones
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
View of the Givat Asaf outpost, near the Beit El settlement in the West Bank. (Miriam Alster/ Flash 90)
July 9, 2018, 10:25 pm
State funds being used to build up illegal outposts, auditor charges
Settlement council, ministries and KKL-JNF are bankrolling construction in wildcat communities, even after Civil Administration issues stop-work orders, according to comptroller
By Jacob Magid
Far-right youths protest the court-ordered demolition of 17 buildings in the illegal outpost of Tapuah West. (Israel Police)
June 17, 2018, 11:18 am
Police, settler youth clash during clearing of illegal West Bank outpost
11 officers injured as demonstrators hurl objects at troops; far-right activists claim cops used excessive force evacuating 10 structures in Tapuah West
By Jacob Magid
A picture taken on February 8, 2017 from the Palestinian West Bank village of Yasuf shows the Israeli wildcat outpost of Kfar Tapuah West, located near the settlement of Kfar Tapuah. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
June 17, 2018, 3:23 am
Hundreds of police deployed to West Bank outpost ahead of evacuation
Settler youth reportedly throw stones at officers ahead of planned razing of at least 13 structures in West Tapuah, south of Nablus
By TOI staff
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
Protesters scuffle with Border Police at the Netiv Ha'Avot outpost in West Bank on June 12, 2018. (Menahem KAHANA/AFP)
June 12, 2018, 11:30 pm
After violent scuffles, police clear families, protesters from outpost homes
Nine officers lightly injured and three protesters arrested as police empty final building slated for demolition in Netiv Ha'avot
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
Some 2,000 Israelis attend a protest rally at the West Bank outpost of Netiv Ha'avot on June 11, 2018, ahead of its scheduled demolition. (Yesha Council)
June 11, 2018, 11:06 pm
Thousands rally at Netiv Ha’avot outpost ahead of court-ordered demolition
Jewish Home leaders Bennett and Shaked take aim at High Court for sanctioning razing of 15 homes; residents urge demonstrators to remain peaceful during Tuesday evacuation
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
The High Court of Justice convenes for a hearing on 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
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