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Chaim Levinson

Chaim Levinson

Chaim Levinson is a Haaretz correspondent, covering the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Previously, he was the Yedioth Ahoronot correspondent for Religious Affairs and the Orthodox communities.

Levinson received his B.A. in Social and Humanities Studies at the Open University and is currently studying for his M.A. in Interdisciplinary Democracy Studies.

Latest Articles by Chaim Levinson
Scene of stabbing attack at Tapuach Junction
Settlers demand IDF ease rules of engagement in West Bank

IDF commanders are instructed to minimize use of live fire in the West Bank, but recent attack triggers settler protest in hope of amending regulations.

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  • Israeli stabbed and killed by Palestinian in West Bank
  • Israeli lawmaker: Amend West Bank law to let settlers defend property with live fire
Mohammed al-Dura - AP - 19022012
Man behind Israeli report on infamous killing of Mohammed al-Dura has right-wing ties

Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser previously worked for the Israel Law Center, which sought to prevent the reporter who broke the story from continuing to work in Israel.

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  • Report on IDF shooting of Palestinian boy during intifada may cause Israel more damage than good
  • Israel's focus on al-Dura is harmful propaganda
  • Israeli panel: Palestinian boy 'killed' by IDF at start of intifada did not actually die
Gil Eliahu Defense Minister Ya’alon visiting an IDF outpost in the Golan earlier this year.
Israel's defense minister defends al-Dura panel, calls second intifada incident 'a blood libel'

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says a French militant used the al-Dura affair to justify the killing of Jews, though the special committee's report says otherwise.

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  • Mohammed al-Dura's father calls for international probe into whether IDF killed his son
  • Israel's focus on al-Dura is harmful propaganda
  • Report on IDF shooting of Palestinian boy during intifada may cause Israel more damage than good
  • Israeli physician acquitted of libel against Mohammed al-Dura's father
Israeli prison - Itzik Ben Malki
Palestinian prisoners used forbidden mobile phones to plot terror attacks

Trial shows security prisoners got cell phones due to illicit connection with Israeli cell phone company; phones came from leading Israeli cell providers but no evidence firms knew who clients were.

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Settlers in Migron.
AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron

Migron, set up in 2002 on private Palestinian land on a hill near Ramallah, was evacuated in 2012, but around 50 prefabricated homes remained intact.

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  • Land of West Bank settlement to be returned to original Palestinian owner
  • Israel to legalize four West Bank settlement outposts slated for demolition
  • The organization behind illegal West Bank outpost construction
Moshe Ya’alon.
Land of West Bank settlement to be returned to original Palestinian owner

The land of the settlement Homesh, which was evacuated in 2006, was originally confiscated by the IDF.

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  • Israel to legalize four West Bank settlement outposts slated for demolition
  • AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron
A Modi’in park popular with ultra-Orthodox residents of nearby communities.
Arab and ultra-Orthodox towns to get less space for parks under new guidelines

The guide was prepared 'out of sensitivity to and an examination of the needs and usage of communities with different needs, demands and patterns of behavior,' says housing ministry spokesperson.

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Illegal outposts in Kochav Hashachar
Israel to legalize four West Bank settlement outposts slated for demolition

Peace Now calls plan, revealed days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to region to try to restart peace talks, a 'slap in the face.'

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  • The organization behind illegal West Bank outpost construction
  • Outlaw Amana
  • Netanyahu promised Kerry to 'rein in' settlement construction until mid-June
  • Israel's only real state secret. No, it's not an atom bomb.
  • Hurrah for the 'hilltop youth'
  • 'If the settlement of Elon Moreh wasn't here, we'd be living in paradise'
  • Land of West Bank settlement to be returned to original Palestinian owner
  • AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron
  • Kerry calls Israeli envoy to protest legalization of West Bank outposts
Ze'ev Hever with IDF Spokesperson Yoav Moredechai, then head of Civil Administration
The organization behind illegal West Bank outpost construction

With friends in high places, law-evading ploys and piles of money in the bank, veteran settler leader Ze'ev Hever and his organization Amana are seemingly immune to Israeli legal action.

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  • Outlaw Amana
  • A temple is on the way
  • Israel to legalize four West Bank settlement outposts slated for demolition
  • Israel's only real state secret. No, it's not an atom bomb.
  • Hurrah for the 'hilltop youth'
  • AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron
Settlers arrested in Yitzhar
Israeli settlers split over local IDF commander's West Bank policies

The Yesha Council representing West Bank municipalities is at odds with grassroots settler groups over whether or not to work with the head of the IDF Central Command, who some feel lack sensitivity to terror victims and give easy hand to Palestinian protesters.

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  • Snapshot: Between a funeral and an outpost
  • Israeli security forces evacuate activists from Palestinian tent outpost in E-1 area
  • Israeli stabbed and killed by Palestinian in West Bank
The security fence in  Qalqilyah
Palestinian gets four-year sentence for 'low-level' terror plots

Judge rules that lack of rehabilitation played a role.

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The Economic Arrangements Bill suggests eliminating IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz's
IDF soldiers' pensions more than double the civil-service average, says ministry

Career soldiers leave the Israel Defense Forces at 46 with pensions of NIS 16,600, the Finance Ministry says. The IDF spokesperson calls the data biased.

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  • IDF mulling legislation to protect pensions of demoted career soldiers
  • Retirement age for women will stay at 62, Lapid now says
  • Ashdod Port workers tweak birth certificates to increase pensions
IDF soldiers walk in front of wind turbines near Alonei Habashan close to the Israeli-Syrian border.
IDF mulling legislation to protect pensions of demoted career soldiers

The change to the rules is expected to make the use of demotion for punishment less rare.

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  • IDF soldiers' pensions more than double the civil-service average, says ministry
Demonstrator for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli court releases Palestinian terrorist, citing earlier pardon

Jamal Haj Tirawi was arrested in Nablus in 2007 for orchestrating a 2002 suicide bombing, despite having been named in a deal to keep him out of prison.

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  • Amnesty calls for release of Palestinian writer in Israeli detention
  • For Palestinian prisoners in Israel, hunger strikes become a winning strategy
  • Truth, lies and Palestinian prisoners
Civil Service Commissioner Moshe Dayan.
Israeli ministries no longer have to hire secretaries through tenders

The Civil Service Commissioner changed the policy under pressure from high-ranking staffers who want to be able to employ family and friends.

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  • Unions threaten strikes if kept out of budget talks
  • Officially sanctioned idleness reflects the rot at Israel's ports
  • Everyone in Israel's new government is gunning for reform - but at what price?
army base
IDF allows Israeli settlers to renovate abandoned base in Gush Etzion

Palestinians sought to build hospital on site that is now used by settlers to stage events.

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  • IDF agrees to expansion of West Bank settlement
  • Monastery to be severed from convent by West Bank barrier
Settlers arrested in Yitzhar
Four Palestinians and two Israelis wounded in West Bank clashes

After some 30 settlers protested at a West Bank junction and blocked access to a local village, about 100 Palestinians came out and clashed with them; report released by Shin Bet showed an increase in number of terror attacks in April.

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  • Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested
  • Jerusalem interchange named after Benzion Netanyahu, PM's late father
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IDF soldier in Hebron April 3, 2012 (AP)
Israeli military court releases three Palestinians illegally arrested near Hebron

WATCH: Palestinian man films soldiers making the arrests for being on disputed land in the West Bank; court says a soldier who attacked one of the men could face charges.

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  • IAF kills Gaza militant in first targeted strike since Pillar of Defense
  • Israeli stabbed and killed by Palestinian in West Bank
  • Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested
Settlers arrested in Yitzhar
Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested

Following fatal stabbing of Israeli at the Tapuach Junction, settlers from Yitzhar set Palestinian's fields on fire, throw stones at school bus; two Palestinian girls wounded.

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  • Israeli stabbed and killed by Palestinian in West Bank
  • IDF failed to inform defense minister of battle drill on Lebanon front
  • Jerusalem yeshiva student arrested after attacking Arabic-speaking detectives
  • Israel's triple security threat: Settlers, Gaza rockets, and Syria chemical weapons
  • Israeli military court releases three Palestinians illegally arrested near Hebron
  • Victims of likely 'price tag' arson get bill for fire
  • Four Palestinians and two Israelis wounded in West Bank clashes
A Palestinian mosque vandalized in a "price tag" attack in the West Bank village of Jaba.
Israel to step up fight against 'price tag' attacks, Livni tells settler leaders

Justice Minister Livni and Prime Minister Netanyahu coordinate positions ahead of meeting; Livni says Israel to take tougher measures against perpetrators.

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  • Let's face it: Israel has a racism problem
  • Vandals deface two West Bank mosques in suspected 'price tag' attack
  • Court delays evacuation of illegal West Bank outpost of Amona until July
  • Jerusalem yeshiva student arrested after attacking Arabic-speaking detectives
Map of Area C and Area B near Amona
Court delays evacuation of illegal West Bank outpost of Amona until July

Clearing of area was scheduled for end of this month, but state asked for postponement because of new government.

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  • Settler council lied to High Court to prevent West Bank outpost evacuation
  • Supreme Court orders state to evacuate West Bank outpost of Amona by end of April
  • Israel to step up fight against 'price tag' attacks, Livni tells settler leaders
Eden Natan-Zada.
MK Stern defends drafting gunman who killed 4 Arabs in shooting spree

Rejects argument by Eden Natan-Zada’s parents that their son, who killed four Arabs in Shfaram and was beaten to death by a crowd, should have been released from service because of his extremist views.

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  • Bereaved families ask High Court to reopen probe into 2005 attack on Arab town
  • State opposes new probe in Shfaram shooting
Benny Gantz and Chief Military Rabbi - IDF Spokesperson
IDF rabbinate removes controversial 'Laws of Mezuzah' booklet from website

The pamphlet included a section stating that non-Jews are not equal to Jews in Israel.

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  • Ex-IDF top rabbi: Publishing discriminatory Jewish ruling was blunder
  • Inside the IDF, a clash over Israeli-Jewish identity
  • IDF Rabbinate shows non-Jews the door in mezuzah book ruling
  • The IDF and Iran's common take on religion
Asher Palmer with son Yonatan
Palestinian convicted of murdering Asher Palmer and son receives 98 year prison sentence

Waal al-Arja was found guilty of hurling stones at Palmer’s car, striking Palmer, 25, in the face, and causing him to lose control of his vehicle in September 2011.

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  • Palestinian convicted of murder in stone-throwing attack on settler and infant son
  • Israeli military court expected to reject claim that stone throwing is attempted murder
  • Suspect in murder of Israeli settlers claims to be Palestinian Authority cop
  • Palestinian stone throwers and Israelis speak different languages
Beit Ezra
Israeli settlers to evacuate disputed building in Hebron

The Beit Ezra building belonged to a Jewish family until 1948 but was also later used by Palestinian store owners, whose rights were recognized by the IDF as 'protected tenants.'

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  • State to High Court: Israeli settlers to be evacuated from Hebron house by April
  • And the loser rejoiced
  • Civil Administration rejects purchase of contested Hebron house by Jewish settlers
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This year's Lag Ba'omer celebrations at Mount Meron.
Leaving the ultra-Orthodox high and dry

The public hardly noticed when official mismanagement led to dangerous traffic jams at this year's Lag Ba'omer celebrations at Mount Meron, because the ultra-Orthodox are seen as second-class citizens.

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  • Scenes of chaos as crowds head to Mount Meron for Lag Ba'omer
  • Military and civilian service
  • Scrap the IDF rabbinate
There are worthy military judges in Israel, too

Many Israelis accused of crimes would probably prefer to stand trial at Maj. Amir Dahan’s military court in the West Bank than at certain Israeli civilian courts.

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Buy the nose, get the whole face

Those opposed to small parties claim that they encourage political extortion. But what is the difference between the extortion of a small party and the extortion of internal groups within a larger party?

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Donations from abroad do not a Zionist make

The main achievement of Zionism was to change the Old Yishuv into a sustainable society. There's something sad about Israel's reliance on donations from abroad.

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The settlers' army

Is this a normal situation - for civilians to be killed in battle because the Israel Defense Forces failed?

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