Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Fwd: Amona outpost evacuation underway, to continue overnight. MK likens it to rape. 3,000 settler homes okayed. No US ban for Israelis from 7 Arab states

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LIVE UPDATES Latest: Police change tack, say they will continue evacuation overnight
 
Facing defiant protesters, police to continue Amona evacuation overnight
 
16 police officers injured as youths throw solvents, rocks and glass at security authorities attempting to remove residents barricaded in homes, settlement synagogue
 
By RAOUL WOOTLIFF and JUDAH ARI GROSS
  Israeli security forces clash with protesters at the Amona outpost, February 8, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
 
 
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the Regulation Bill in the Knesset on December 7, 2016. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
 
MK likens Amona outpost evacuation to 'brutal rape'
 
By STUART WINER and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
People gather in Amona ahead of the evacuation of the illegal outpost on February 1, 2017.  (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
 
Bennett: Amona evacuation will lead to West Bank annexation
 
By MARISSA NEWMAN
 
New prefabricated homes are seen under construction in the West Bank between the Israeli outpost of Amona and the Israeli settlement of Ofra (background), north of Ramallah, on January 31, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
 
Skirting roadblocks, protesters stream to Amona as evacuation looms
 
By JUDAH ARI GROSS
 

 
Slowly, amid clashes and tears, Israel starts evacuating Amona outpost
 
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By JUDAH ARI GROSS and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
Israeli settlers scuffle with security forces at the Amona outpost during an evacuation operation on February 1, 2017. (AFP/Jack GUEZ)
 
 

 
Israel okays another 3,000 new settlement homes
 
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By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF and AP
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