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NEWS ABOUT: settlers

settlers stories: 5 news summaries

 Israeli Settlers Defy 
 Demolition, Blame Obama 

Israel bulldozes illegal outpost after Netanyahyu's DC visit

May 22, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jewish settlers whose tiny outpost in the West Bank was demolished by the Israeli army—just days after Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington—returned hours later and started rebuilding, reports the Times of London. Netanyahu reportedly agreed to Barack Obama's demands to dismantle illegal outposts in the Palestinian territories, but... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • settlers • Israelis • Jewish settlers

Soldiers Drag Jewish Settlers From Disputed Hebron Building

Palestinian home attacked in revenge

Dec 4, 08 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 people were injured in the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • eviction • Arab Israeli conflict • settlers • Jewish settlers

Radical Settlers Fight Palestine —and Israel

Bomb attack against professor shows new right-wing militancy

Sep 26, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pipe bomb exploded Wednesday night outside the Jerusalem home of a dovish Israeli professor—where authorities also found fliers promising a $300,000 reward to anyone who killed members of a leftist advocacy group. The attack is the latest sign that right-wing settlers are resorting to extremist tactics to... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • settlers

Mideast Strife Spills Onto Facebook

Israeli, Palestinian networkers squabble over country names

Mar 20, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook has now had to take on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Guardian reports, on account of its standard IDing of members by country. Jewish settlers in the West Bank were fuming when the site told them they lived in Palestine; Palestinians in East Jerusalem in turn protested that their turf... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Facebook • West Bank • East Jerusalem • settlers

Peace Talks Snag
on Jerusalem

Palestinians want to discuss issue Israelis say isn't on the table

Feb 19, 08 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Peace talks between Israel and Palestinians were set to resume today as leaders were already entangled in a first major clash: over whether or not they agreed that Jerusalem would be part of the discussion. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has claimed the Palestinians agreed to put off discussing Jerusalem.... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Jerusalem • West Bank • settlement • road map • East Jerusalem • Har Homa • peace talks • settlers • coalition

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