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Settlers trying to buy two more Palestinian houses in Hebron

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

Settlers have recently been trying to purchase two more Palestinian houses in Hebron.

The houses are located near "the brown house," a building inhabited by Jewish squatters whom Defense Minister Amir Peretz has ordered evicted in another two and a half weeks.

From the settlers' perspective, the brown house is strategically located, as it is near the road leading from Kiryat Arba to the Cave of the Patriarchs.

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The purchase of other houses nearby would create an area of Jewish control that would further the settlers' goal of creating territorial continuity between the Jewish settlements of Kiryat Arba and Hebron.

Peretz ordered the brown house vacated on April 10, but the procedure will take about a month: First, the squatters were given 15 days to evacuate voluntarily; then, this period was extended by another 15 days. However, the settlers do not intend to leave voluntarily and have vowed to fight. They claim that they bought the house legally from its Palestinian owners for $700,000, though the owners deny this.

It is still unclear whether the evacuation will take place as planned, however, since several members of the ruling Kadima Party oppose it, and the army is also unenthusiastic.

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1.	It is their Human Right!	06:19	\|	Gili	25/04/07

2.	#1 is right IF	09:01	\|	yuval	25/04/07

3.	Haaretz bias: "brown" house rather then the "peace" house	09:12	\|	Ben Uziel	25/04/07

4.	Jews have the right to effect ethnic cleansing	09:21	\|	Settler	25/04/07

5.	Settler #4 - Keep in mind ...	09:44	\|	spyguy	25/04/07

6.	#4 Where in the Bible does it say Jews can do ethnic cleansing?	10:11	\|	Hastaroth	25/04/07

7.	This is journalism?	10:23	\|	Binyamin	25/04/07

8.	Hebron Houses	10:31	\|	Stewart marta	25/04/07

9.	extremists	10:32	\|	Jan Elshout	25/04/07

10.	re: Gili #1	12:36	\|	Paulo	25/04/07

11.	re: Settler #4	12:39	\|	Paulo	25/04/07

12.	Immoral	13:01	\|	Sam	25/04/07

13.	Open Letter	13:06	\|	Paul	25/04/07

14.	How Can Legal Residents Be Called Squatters?	13:55	\|	Ben Israel	25/04/07

15.	#1 Gili, If you agree to Pals and Israeli Arabs can buy anywhere	14:02	\|	A Bethlehemite	25/04/07

16.	No. 4 was not written by a settler	14:03	\|	Judith, Haifa	25/04/07

17.	Same Planet?	21:15	\|	inigo montoya	25/04/07

18.	To Ben Israek	21:56	\|	John	26/04/07

19.	No. 18-John- Can Israelis Buy Property in Holland?	23:18	\|	Ben Israel	26/04/07

20.	Gili from canada	01:56	\|	nathan	16/08/07

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