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Settlements
Title		Description	Date
Tycoon Rami Levy eyes shopping mall for Israeli settlers		Rona Moran - The Electronic Intifada - "According to Who Profits, Levy already operates a network of supermarkets in settlements within the West Bank, which are illegal under international law." - id	19/6/2013
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Settlements Budget Exceeds Allotted Finances By Millions		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - "In 2012 NIS 60.3 Million shekels were allocated for settlement activities, but nearly 272 Million have been paid in that year." - id	19/6/2013
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Israeli Public Veers Left		Akiva Eldar - Al Monitor - The settlers` own Ariel University published the results of its annual opinion poll under a surprising title: “The Israeli public is becoming more pragmatic and veering to the left.” Indeed, as compared with last year there was a sharp decline in those who support the settlement enterprise, oppose concessions to the Palestinians and in general regard themselves as Right Wingers, and a corresponding rise in the number of those who have a bad opinion about the settlers, support a peace which includes withdrawal from part or all the West Bank, and in general place themselves in the Center or the Left. ak	18/6/2013
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Construction of new West Bank projects hits seven-year high		Noam Sheizaf - +972 - According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, new construction projects in West Bank settlements have grown by 176 percent (!) compared to the same period last year (January-March 2012). This is a 355 percent increase, when compared to the final quarter of 2012 (October-December).-rh	13/6/2013
Israel: Settlement Construction Nearly Triples in 2013		Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Palestinians: Settlements Show Israel Not Interested in Talks	10/6/2013
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Israel: marking settlement products harms Palestinians		Alternative Information Center (AIC) - This is similar to retorts made by the apartheid regime in South Africa, which claimed that international boycotts would primarily hurt black South Africans [including link to official document bz]	8/6/2013
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Infant Injured In Kufur Qaddoum		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC "The infant, Sana’ Eshtewy, 7 months, received treatment by medics of the Palestinian Red Crescent after the army fired dozens of gas bombs at homes in the village. Media Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in the village, stated that dozens of soldiers invaded the village and fired rounds of live ammunition, flares, concussion grenades and gas bombs." ca	7/6/2013
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AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) REFLECTION: Trapping children		CPT Palestine - The power imbalance between the children trying to get through the checkpoint and the Border Police stopping them is huge. The Border Policeman has the whole weight of the occupation behind him. Border Police officers do not make mistakes. If they shoot a youth they are praised, such as when the female Border Police officer shot 17-year-oldMohammed Salayme in Hebron in December 2012. If they arrest children and break international law, no one will penalize them.-rh	4/6/2013
Israeli Illegally Confiscates 370 Dunams Near Nablus		IMEMC & Agencies - "...the Israeli government announced Monday its decision to illegally confiscate 370 Dunams (91.42 Acres) of Palestinian lands, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus"	3/6/2013
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Settlers burn cars, spray graffiti across West Bank		Ma`an News Agency - "In the Jericho village of Az-Zubeidat, four cars and a tractor were found burnt by villagers, locals said. Local NGO coordinator Hamza Zbeidat told Ma`an that settlers raided the village at around 3 a.m. and poured gasoline on the vehicles before setting them alight.B`Tselem also reported that two cars were set on fire in Rantis, west of Ramallah, and graffiti was found in the area. Israeli police confirmed the reports, according to Israeli news site Ynet." ca	31/5/2013
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High Court justice removed from panel hearing petition against his West Bank settlement		Amira Hass - Haaretz "Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, whose appointment to the court stirred up a public storm because of his residence in a West Bank settlement, almost adjudicated on Wednesday on a petition filed against his settlement, Alon Shvut, but was replaced on the bench before the deliberations began by Supreme Court President Asher Grunis." ca	31/5/2013
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Settlers install mobile homes on Private Land Near Bethlehem		Ma`an News Agency - "Ahmad Salah, spokesperson of a local popular committee against settlements and the separation wall, told Ma’an that settlers brought the homes in response to a court decision to evacuate Sde Boaz.He highlighted that the settlers laid a 5-kilometer dirt road along the Wadi al-Ghawit area to serve the caravans." ca	31/5/2013
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Erekat: New settler homes `destroying` Kerry`s efforts		Ma`an News Agency - "We consider the recent decision of the Israeli government to build a thousand homes in East Jerusalem as effectively destroying the efforts of (US Secretary of State) Kerry," Saeb Erekat told AFP." ca	31/5/2013
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Erekat: New settler homes `destroying` Kerry`s efforts		Ma`an News Agency - Danny Seidemann, director of Jerusalem settlement watchdog Terrestrial Jerusalem, told AFP that contracts for 300 homes in the northeastern settlement of Ramot were signed and another 797 plots were to be offered for sale in the southern Jerusalem settlement of Gilo, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.-rh	30/5/2013
Jerusalem Eviction Postponed,		Linah Alsaafin - Al Monitor - “The court tried to make a deal between the settlers who were claiming the house and the Shamasneh family,” she said. “The Shamasneh family would continue to live at their home and pay yearly rent until Ayoub Shamasneh died. The settlers flat out rejected that.” Surprisingly, no verdict was given and the case was postponed until further notice.-rh	30/5/2013
THE MASSAFER YATTA		OCHA - Report, May 2013 "I had 120 heads of animals which I sold after I left Khirbet Saroura; I had no house to live in so I built a small house in Irafaiyeh but this was later demolished by the Israeli authorities because I didn’t have a permit for building it. My childrens houses in Irfaiyeh also have demolition orders against them. The barn I built in Irfaiyeh to house the five cows that are my new source of income also has a demolition order. I lost everything when I fled Khirbet Saroura." (ca for id)	29/5/2013
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PLO: Israel has built 16,000 settlement units over the past 3 years		Mondoweiss - Saeb Erekat of the PLO Executive Committee, stated that since Netanyahu came to power in 2009, over 16,000 new settlement housing units were built - an average of 11 new ones a day. Acts of settler violence against Palestinians increased by 315 per cent from 2009 to the end of 2012 - including killing of innocents and setting fire to trees, mosques, and churches. ak	28/5/2013
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Settlers set up a tent to block a Palestinian road		WAFA - Settlers set up a tent on Palestinian-owned land in the South Hebron Hills, blocking the road between Mafqara and Tawani. Both villages are the long-standing target of attacks by settlers, soldiers, or both combined. In Zeef, another village in the same area, settlers set fire to five dunums of land planted with wheat and barley. ak	28/5/2013
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Companies in Israeli settlement challenge fee for employing Palestinians		Nir Hasson - Haaretz - Palestinian workers who have authorization to work in Israel and are subject to the fee will be issued with magnetic cards. "These cards only give them permission to work within the confines of the building they are employed in. The security guards will carry out the necessary enforcement in order to ensure that the workers only spend time in authorized areas, and will not allow workers to wander around the city without specific approval." [The protest of the companies is only against the fee, which also hurts employers.-bz]	25/5/2013
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Settlers demand IDF ease rules of engagement in West Bank		Chaim Levinson - Haaretz "Over the last six months, the settlers have balked at applying pressure on the Israel Defense Forces. However, since the murder of Yitzhar settlement resident Eviatar Borovzky at the end of April, settlers, with the backing of right-wing politicians, have been demanding that the IDF restore deterrence in the occupied territories by easing its rules of engagement.The demonstrations are planned to take place next to the Palestinian refugee camps of Al-Arroub in the Hebron area, Jalazone near Beit El and near the Palestinian village of Kafr Kadum in Samaria." ca	24/5/2013
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Settlers Puncture Car Tires Near Bethlehem, Write Racist Graffiti		IMEMC & Agencies - "Local sources reported that the settlers punctured tires, and wrote racist graffiti against the Arabs and the Palestinians, including Price Tag graffiti. The Israeli Police said that three of the cars belong to the Palestinians, and two cars are actually owned by Israelis, but the settlers apparently thought the Palestinians own the two cars.Gilo, built on lands that belong to the Palestinians, is considered by Israel to be a “suburban area” of occupied Jerusalem." ca	24/5/2013
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Army raids: detentions, demolition of buildings, destruction of farmlands and irrigation systems		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - In the past 24 hours, army raides in various parts of the west Bank resulted in: The detention of three residents, aged 22, 25 and 38 at Kufur Qalil village, south of Nablus; the uprooting of more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, planted with tomatos, beans, and zucchinis, as well as the destruction of irrigation systems; and the demolition of five commercial buildings at Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya near Jenin.	21/5/2013
The Israeli army`s default position: Supporting the outlaws		Yossi Gurvitz /Yesh Din - +972 - The following day, everything went back to normal: the farmers went to their lands after coordinating it with the army; hoodlums who were seen coming from Kfar Tapuach or Tapuach Ma’arav prevented them from accessing the land with the use of violence and firearms; and IDF troops ordered the Palestinians to return home. So it goes. The IDF’s default action in the West Bank is collaboration with criminals. It is not the IDF’s fault alone; its policy is the result the entire government’s policy, and all of its branches. bz	19/5/2013
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Settlers attack West Bank farmer twice a week		Jillian Kestler-D`Amours - The Electronic Intifada - Makhlouf’s home sits on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Asira al-Qibliya, only 500 meters from the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Shalhevet Farm, an offshoot of the equally illegal settlement of Yitzhar. Makhlouf said that his house has been vandalized by Israeli settlers more than 100 times. The windows on Makhlouf’s two-story home all have bars on the outside to prevent them from shattering when settlers throw stones. Since the Shalhevet Farm outpost was established in 1999, Makhlouf has been barred from accessing some 16 dunums of his family’s land which was traditionally used to plant figs, grapes, olives and other trees, and from using a freshwater spring. bz	18/5/2013
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Dutch probe sends warning to firms abetting Israel’s crimes		Salma Karmi-Ayyoub - EI "This week sees the conclusion of a three-year criminal investigation into the Dutch crane company, Riwal, accused of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank. The case is unprecedented as it is the first time a company has been criminally investigated for involvement in the Israeli occupation.The case started with a complaint submitted to the Dutch prosecutor by the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq in March 2010." ca	17/5/2013
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Israel`s only real state secret. No, it`s not an atom bomb.		Bradley Burston - Haaretz "A report this week by Army Radio showed that cabinet ministers themselves do not know how much of their own budgets will go toward subsidizing, fostering, enlarging, protecting, and retroactively legalizing settlements, as well as finding fresh financial inducements to entice thousands of new residents into homes beyond the 1967 Green Line border." ca	17/5/2013
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Porto Alegre is Palestine’s friend, so why has it embraced Israel’s war industry?		Jamal Juma` - EI "Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sol in Brazil, concluded a deal to develop a huge Israeli military technology center in Porto Alegre over the past few weeks. One day before signing the contract with the arms company Elbit, Genro was in the occupied West Bank, where he witnessed first-hand the oppression on which Israel’s weapons industry thrives." ca	17/5/2013
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UNESCO to send fact-finding commission to Jerusalem		Ma`an News Agency - "UNESCO will send a fact-finding commission on May 20 to investigate ongoing Israeli measures in Jerusalem, the Palestinian minister of foreign affairs said Thursday.Riyad al-Malki told a news conference in Ramallah that the commission would spend five days in Jerusalem before returning to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to submit a detailed report." ca	17/5/2013
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State to Supreme Court: Will examine legalization of 4 outposts		Itamar Fleishman - Ynet - "Peace Now: ‘Slap in face to efforts of John Kerry’" - id(for rh)	16/5/2013
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Settlers set wheat fields on fire		WAFA - In the latest of numerous such incidents, a group of settlers set fire to wheat fields in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, and prevented Palestinians from putting down the fire. Earlier, settlers set fire to another wheat field in the same area - in this case in the village of Qaryut. ak	14/5/2013
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`E. J`lem building plan delayed for sensitivity`		Jpost.com - Tenders to build 1,500 units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of east Jerusalem have been delayed by at least three weeks. Senior officials said that the Interior Ministry supervisor responsible for the process received instruction from the Prime Minister`s Office not the approve the plan due to "political sensitivity," according to Army Radio. Ramat Shlomo is one of five Jerusalem ring neighborhoods, along with Gilo, Ramot, Pisgat Zev, and East Talpiyot, which are located across the 1967 Green Line. bz	14/5/2013
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We need to review security for Jews in the West Bank, says Israel’s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett		Alistair Dawber - The Independent - "The darling of the right in January’s general election, when his Jewish Home party finished third, Mr Bennett says his plan will deal with how the Israeli army and individuals deal with the, `significant downturn in security for the Jews living in Judea and Samaria.` Judea and Samaria are Biblical names for the Occupied West Bank"	13/5/2013
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The Government Approves 296 Units in Beit El. The so-called restrain on settlements was only in tenders.		Hagit Ofran - Peace Now Settlement Watch - It is true that since the establishment of the Government there were no new tenders published, but tenders are only a small part of the approvals of the construction. Only part of the construction in settlements needs to go through tenders, in most of the settlements, usually the smaller ones, such as Beit El, the construction may start directly after the approval of the plan with no need for a tender. bz	12/5/2013
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EU`s Ashton `disturbed` by new Israeli settlement moves		AFP - Ynet - Israel has signed off on plans for nearly 300 new settler homes near Ramallah, angering the Palestinians who accused the Israeli government Thursday of trying to "sabotage" US moves to rekindle peace talks. Thursday`s announcement came just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly ordered a freeze on tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid harming efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to bring both sides back to the negotiating table. bz	11/5/2013
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Erekat: New settler homes `sabotage peace moves`		Ma`an News - "Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said the move sent a clear message to Washington that Israel was not interested in resuming the direct talks, frozen in 2010."We condemn this new decision which is proof that the Israeli government wants to sabotage and ruin the US administration`s efforts to revive the peace process," he told AFP."This is a message to the American administration and a blow to the peace process," he said, suggesting it would drag the region towards violence rather than peace." ca	10/5/2013
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Uprooted Livelihoods : Palestinian Villages and Herding Communities in the Jordan Valley		Ma`an Development Center - The area compromises 28.5% of the West Bank and is naturally rich in water, fertile land, and other resources. Currently, there are 11,679 Israeli settlers and over 58,000 Palestinians in this vital region, but due to Israeli occupation policies that severely limit Palestinians’ access to their land and resources, the living standards between the two communities are blatantly separate and unequal.-rh	9/5/2013
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REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HEBRON HILLS		The Alternative Information Center - Intense, coordinated activity of Israeli army, police and settlers prevented local Palestinians from accessing their grazing and farm land situated near the settlements and outposts of the area. Nineteen such cases were recorded this month.-rh	9/5/2013
Case closed: When felons roam free due to `lack of public interest`		Yossi Gurvitz - Yesh Din - "One might have thought? Better think again. The police prosecution is not interested. And the public? It hasn’t an inkling what its servants are doing behind its back." - id	8/5/2013
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Twelve Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - Ramallah, Saturday May 4 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army rubber-coated metal bullets, while four others suffered fractures and bruises after being attacked by Israeli settlers who invaded Ras Karkar village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. [bz]	5/5/2013
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Video: Detention of Palestinians who complained of trespassing settlers		B`Tselem - "Lt. Col. Sharon Rivlin, a military court justice at Ofer Camp, ordered the unconditional release from detention of three Palestinian residents of Hebron. The detainees–Shaker Zaro (Tamimi), his son Sh`hab a-Din Zaro (Tamimi), and Shukri Zaro (Tamimi)– had been arrested by soldiers summoned to deal with trespassing settlers. On Wednesday, 24 April 2013, the three Palestinians in question saw on their privately-owned land settlers from Giv’at Gal. Recently settlers from Giv’at Gal, an illegal settlement outpost that overlooks the Zaros’ land have been coming there frequently." ca	3/5/2013
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WATCH: IDF detains Palestinian children and foreign citizen in Hebron		Mairav Zonszein - +972 "According to sources from Youth Against Settlements and B’Tselem that I spoke with, the children were detained because settlers from the extremist Beit Hadassah settlement inside Hebron complained to the IDF that they had thrown stones. One of the children is only 10, the others 11 and 12 (the age of criminal responsibility is 12).(Footage of the arrest is below, and highly disturbing to watch)." ca	3/5/2013
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Hebron Governor Meets EU Representative In Palestine		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC "The governor told the EU official that the Israeli army is not only ongoing with its harassment and assaults against the residents, but also continued and expanded its military drills in inhabited Palestinian villages and areas, and continued to destroy Palestinian farmlands, grazing areas, and the forcible removal and relocation of the Bedouins and the residents." ca	3/5/2013
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Israeli security forces deployed in West Bank after settler is stabbed to death : Fatal attack on settler near Nablus occurs at around same time that Israeli air strike kills alleged terrorist in Gaza		Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - Confrontations between militant settlers and Israeli security forces in the West Bank were reported following the attack. Two Palestinian school buses were stoned by settlers, while others set fire to tyres and olive groves, the Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas told the news agency Ma`an.-rh	1/5/2013
Security forces fear settlers` revenge for Tapuach murder		Itamar Fleishman - Ynet - "West Bank riots persisted throughout Tuesday; Palestinians` property damaged by settlers, ten people arrested; defense establishment fears escalation into third intifada." - id	1/5/2013
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