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Israeli military takes over contested West Bank complex

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled the two partially-built dwellings were constructed illegally on Palestinian-owned land.

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“The situation, the feeling here is very very bad, and we hope that our representatives will really do something quickly”, said Pesach Sabich, a settler from Beit El.

Israeli authorities have taken control of illegal homes being built in the occupied West Bank, prompting clashes between Jewish settlers and Israeli border police.

Video delivered by neighborhood channel revealed regulate straining back protesters whom experienced them to the respective website of one’s assumed Dreinoff important buildings, supposedly being made on confidential Palestinian ground that had been held via the soldiers inside of the 1970s.

On the other hand, there has been further legal manoeuvring by the Israeli defence ministry to circumvent the orders of the High Court and prevent the demolition.

Settlement politics also wield influence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s centre-right government.

Some 200 young adult demonstrators were removed from two illegal apartment buildings slated for demolition in a West Bank Jewish settlement. Talks have been stalled since past year.

Berlin’s condemnation of the new settlement comes days following the publication of a policy paper by the European Council on Foreign Relations, suggesting that the EU should sanction financial institutions dealing with settlers in the territories occupied by Israel after 1967, namely the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Not to demolish “I will request that the government’s stance, to the effect that the planning process at the site has been concluded and that there is thus no need to demolish the houses, will be brought before the high court of justice as well”.

The Israeli government had fought the ruling and made efforts to legalize the complex, under construction in Beit El without Israeli authorization.

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Hard-line ministers criticized the defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, for deploying the military.

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