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Tribalism and the Zionist BDS Debate
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by David Harris-Gershon - April 5, 2012 - 12:00am

In January, Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, wrote that Israel should “give the go-ahead for US-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel.” He saw the tactic as a way to resolve divergent opinions between the two countries on how to deal with Iran.

Israel Doesn’t Let Eviction Slow Push for Settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - April 4, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — The Israeli police and border officers swiftly evicted a group of Jewish settlers from a contested house in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday on the orders of the minister of defense, officials said. At the same time, however, the Israeli government signaled strong support for more Jewish settlement in areas captured in the 1967 war.

Israeli Forces Evict Jewish Settlers From West Bank Building
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
April 4, 2012 - 12:00am

HEBRON, West Bank — Israeli security forces swiftly evicted dozens of Jewish settlers from an illegally occupied building in this volatile West Bank city on Wednesday, ending a weeklong standoff that had threatened to spill over into broader violence. The raid caught the settlers off guard. Only a day earlier, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had moved to block the eviction order. Settler supporters in Netanyahu’s hard-line government condemned the surprise raid, a key political ally threatened to quit the coalition and settler leaders vowed retaliation.

Netanyahu delays eviction of West Bank settler house
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - April 3, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overruled the planned eviction on Tuesday of Jewish settlers from a building in an occupied West Bank city that is flashpoint of tensions with Palestinians. Some 20 settlers moved into the Hebron building last Thursday at night, seeking to expand a settlement of some 500 families in the heart of the ancient city.

PM: Legalize Status of 3 Settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Attila Somfalvi - April 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Amid the uproar surrounding an evacuation order of Jewish settlers from the disputed Machpelah house in Hebron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to prevent the razing of the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El and legalize three other settlements, Ynet reported Wednesday.

IDF gives settlers 24 hours to evacuate Hebron house
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - April 2, 2012 - 12:00am

The IDF has issued an eviction order for settlers who took over a house in the Arab part of Hebron last week. According to the order, the settlers have until Tuesday at 3:00 PM to evacuate the house on their own will, after which "the authorities will act to restore the building to its previous state." The security establishment has called the takeover a provocation, and says that the settlers' presence in the house constitutes a public disturbance. However, the move has won the support of some politicians.

Palestinian family loses Shepherd Hotel court fight
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
April 2, 2012 - 12:00am

The High Court of Justice ruled Monday that a prominent Palestinian family could not claim ownership of a landmark and now derelict building in east Jerusalem - paving the way for a Jewish settlement project. The Husseini family said the Shepherd Hotel, now partially demolished, is a symbol of the Palestinian rights to their land and to east Jerusalem, and criticized the court ruling. The Shepherd Hotel was built in the 1930s and served as the home of Jerusalem grand mufti Haj Amin Husseini, who fought the British and Zionists.

Israel Defense Ministry plan earmarks 10 percent of West Bank for Settlement Expansion
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - March 30, 2012 - 12:00am

For years Israel’s Civil Administration has been covertly locating and mapping available land in the West Bank and naming the parcels after existing Jewish settlements, presumably with an eye toward expanding these communities. The Civil Administration, part of the Defense Ministry, released its maps only in response to a request from anti-settlement activist Dror Etkes under the Freedom of Information Law. In some places the boundaries of the parcels outlined in the maps coincide with the route of the West Bank separation barrier.

IDF: Settlers in Hebron Building May Harm Security
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Tovah Lazaroff - March 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Fifteen settler families who moved into a vacant Palestinian apartment building in the West Bank city of Hebron early Thursday morning could create a security risk, the IDF charged. The three-story stone structure is located by a small park near the Cave of the Patriarchs, in a Palestinian neighborhood under Israeli control. Shlomo Levinger, who moved there with his seven children, said that a number of Hebron Jews had bought the building from its Palestinian owner months ago.

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