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Israeli police evacuate illegal West Bank settlement after high court ruling

February 1, 2006 10:03:00 AM

Israeli police Wednesday forcibly evacuated a West Bank Jewish settlement at Amona and demolished nine houses illegally built on Palestinian land after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal by residents. The...

January 18, 2006 07:13:00 PM

Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday asked his defense minister to create a plan for removing 24 Jewish settler outposts, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice , from the Palestinian West Bank....

January 16, 2006 09:32:00 AM

Under pressure from the United States, the Israeli Cabinet led by Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided to allow Palestinians to vote in Jerusalem during the January 25 Palestinian parliamentary elections so long as...

January 9, 2006 11:51:00 AM

Israeli police said Monday that Palestinians who plan to run in the January 25 parliamentary elections will be permitted to campaign in Jerusalem, reversing a previous ban against Palestinian campaigning in the capital city. Senior Palestinian politician...

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