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Police arrest Israeli settlers after razing outpost
Monday November 07, 2011 10:06:11 PM,
IANS
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Jerusalem: Israeli
settlers scuffled with police and soldiers on Monday after
security forces razed an illegal West Bank outpost.
Residents of Or Zion, north of Ramallah, protested the demolition
of their homes, part of a government order to dismantle all
outposts deemed illegal by a recent Israel High Court ruling,
Xinhua reported.
Police arrested 12 residents after they hurled stones at civil
administration workers carrying out the demolitions.
The plan, slated to conclude by March 2012 following a petition by
the Israeli NGO Peace Now to the High Court, will destroy the
homes of about 1,000 settlers.
Despite rightist criticism, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
stuck to the government's decision during a Likud faction meeting
on Monday, and vowed to continue the demolitions.
"The settlement movement is important to everyone and to me as
well," Netanyahu said during the meeting, "However, our efforts
must focus on strengthening our existing settlements and not
battling the law."
He called on the settlers to stop building in areas the court
deemed as private Palestinian land, but rather within already
existing communities, according to local daily Ha'aretz.
The prime minister also pointed out that a recent government
decision to build 2,000 new homes after Palestinian National
Authority was granted the United Nations Educational Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) membership, will be done in
areas most likely to remain under Israeli control in any peace
deal.
Hundreds of settlers and supporters marched from the Supreme Court
to the Knesset on Monday afternoon to protest the demolitions.
In recent months, security forces have dismantled several
outposts, which has led to similar confrontations with residents.
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