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Five injured, among them journalists, at the weekly non-violent protest of Bil'in
August 17, 2007
The residents of the village of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, joined by international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly non-violent protest against the wall this Friday.
As is the case each week, shortly after Friday prayers, protesters marched towards the location of the wall. Before arriving at the area where construction is taking place, the protesters were stopped by an Israeli military barricade.
State asks High Court to rule if it must remove Heftsiba squatters
August 15, 2007
The State Prosecution asked the High Court of Justice on Tuesday to rule on whether it is obligated to remove to squatters from dozens of apartments in the Matityahu East district of the West Bank settlement of Modi’in Illit.
High Court: Heftsiba clients can't enter W. Bank settlement homes
August 15, 2007
The High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday that those who purchased homes from the collapsing construction company Heftsiba situated in the disputed Matityahu East neighborhood of the West Bank settlement of Modi’in Ilit, would not be allowed to enter these houses until the court’s final ruling on the settlement of the area.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews deliver a population boom to the West Bank
August 14, 2007
The settler population is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country every year, and the ultra-Orthodox community is responsible for approximately half its annual growth, according to Haaretz’s analysis of Interior Ministry figures for 2006. In the last year, the settler population has grown by 5.45 percent, from 260,932 to 275,156.
Border Control / Is it a diplomatic horizon or a fata morgana?
August 14, 2007
Last Thursday, Jerusalem District Court Judge David Cheshin issued an injunction forbidding the police to evacuate people who had broken into Heftsiba apartments in the settlement of Modi’in Ilit. According to the Justice Ministry spokesman, Cheshin ruled that the invaders be allowed to remain in the apartments even though he had been informeded that a High Court of Justice order was still in force, which forbids these apartments from being populated.
