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Soldiers Drag Jewish Settlers From Disputed Hebron Building

Palestinian home attacked in revenge

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Dec 4, 2008 10:54 AM CST

(Newser) – Dozens of masked Jewish settlers vandalized a Palestinian house in Hebron today, just after Israeli soldiers dragged 250 Jewish settlers out of another disputed building, Haaretz reports. The move against the settlers was the first forced eviction in the West Bank in two years. Twenty-five... Read full story »

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