Settler policy rests on history of Israel's tactical deceptions
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Tony Karon - (Opinion) May 16, 2012 - 12:00am

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, urging him to use his new unity government to advance the peace process with the Palestinians. In particular, she looked forward to Mr Netanyahu's reply to a letter from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, so that the two could resume negotiations as soon as possible.

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Ulpana developer lied and told residents that outpost was built on WZO, not Palestinian land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - May 15, 2012 - 12:00am

A housing developer allegedly lied to an Israeli couple who had purchased a home in the Ulpana Hill West Bank outpost, Haaretz learned on Tuesday, after telling them that the land on which their unit was built was owned by the World Zionist Organization, despite the fact that it was actually private Palestinian land.

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Netanyahu ordered evacuation of Hebron home over fears of war crimes suits
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - May 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the evacuation of a Hebron home taken by settlers last month after being informed that the expropriation of Palestinian homes and lands could complicate Israeli officials in war crimes litigation, Haaretz learned on Sunday.

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Netanyahu to convene special meeting to discuss bill legalizing Ulpana outpost
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
May 11, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scheduled on Thursday a special cabinet meeting for Friday with government members to debate on a law that would legalize a controversial West Bank outpost. Netanyahu called on the government members on Thursday to debate on the possibility of approving a bill to legalize the 30 Ulpana outpost homes in the West Bank, the Ha'aretz daily reported.

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Settler group patrols West Bank for demolition targets
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
by Charlotte Alfred - May 10, 2012 - 12:00am

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A tiny village of Palestinian families in the southern West Bank has had an unwelcome visitor in recent months. “He comes with small weapons and his camera, sometimes with armed forces, sometimes with settlers,” Susiya resident Nasser Nawaja says. The armed visitor is Ovad Arad, the Judea and Samaria Director of Regavim, an Israeli non-governmental organization.

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Settler leaders knew homes were built on private Palestinian land, says Ulpana developer
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - May 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Settler leaders knew from the start that Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood was built partly on privately owned Palestinian land, police documents reveal, even though residents claim they bought the houses in good faith. Yoel Tsur, CEO of the company that built the neighborhood and owns 24 of the 30 houses that the High Court of Justice has ordered razed, admitted in a police interrogation three years ago that it was built on land whose purchase was never finalized.

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EU: Israel must allow medical, family visits to hunger-strikers
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The European Union offices in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday expressed concern about the deteriorating health condition of Palestinian prisoners on hunger-strike for over two months. Israel's Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeals of administrative detainees Bilal Diab, 27, from Jenin, and Thaer Halahla, 33, from Hebron -- who have refused food since Feb. 29.

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Israeli Supreme Court orders outpost demolished
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
May 7, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Israel's Supreme Court has set a new deadline for the demolition of an unauthorized Jewish outpost in the West Bank. The court on Monday ruled that the Ulpana outpost must be dismantled by July 1. A May 1 deadline for its removal was postponed so that the court could hear an appeal by the government, which asked for a 90-day delay. About 30 Jewish families live in Ulpana. The court has ruled that the outpost was illegally built on private Palestinian land.

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IDF Hands Over Former West Bank Base to Israeli Settlers
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Gili Cohen - May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

  An abandoned Israel Defense Forces base in the West Bank has been handed over to the control of a nearby settlement council, Haaretz learned on Thursday.

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The Arab who saved my boy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Racheli Malek-Boda - (Opinion) May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

I remember the first time I realized that as a religious/rightist/settler I was expected to hate Arabs, or at least treat them as second-class citizens. It happened in high school, during a trip to Jerusalem. We passed through the Muslim quarter's market and I wanted to purchase a small drum. I finalized a good deal with the peddler, when suddenly one teacher called me over, and quietly whispered: "We shouldn't support the Arabs."

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