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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
The settlement of Nokdim, Daniel Bar-On
High court demands state explain why it has failed to demolish outposts

Justices from the Supreme Court took the state to task for failing to execute demolition orders in West Bank outposts.

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Benjamin Netanyahu and Yaakov Neeman Tomer Appelbaum 2009
PM backtracks: Loyalty oath will also apply to new Jewish citizens with Jack Khoury, Yair Ettinger and Jonathan Lis 0 comments
Olive picking with IDF protection
Current West Bank olive harvest most violent in years, defense document reveals

Despite security preparations, numerous incidents over the last two weeks have ended with trees on both sides being cut down, poisoned or torched.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, AP, Oct. 11, 2010
Netanyahu wants loyalty oath bill to include Jews as well

PM instructs Justice Minister to draft a bill extending the loyalty oath, in which non-Jews are required to pledge allegiance to 'the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,' to Jewish immigrants as well.

with Jonathan Lis 0 comments
silwan - AP - October 17 2010
Officials defend East Jerusalem building plans as business as usual

Netanyahu's office responds to criticism by the U.S. and France on Israel's plans to build nearly 240 new housing units east of the Green Line.

with Jonathan Lis and Nir Hasson 0 comments
Benjamin Netanyahu AP September 5, 2010
PM's office: Construction plans in East Jerusalem are nothing new

Netanyahu's office responds to criticism by the U.S. and France on Israel's plans to build nearly 240 new housing units east of the Green Line.

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  • U.S. 'disappointed' by approval of new settlement construction
  • France urges Israel to reconsider East Jerusalem building plans
Ehud Barak, Emil Salman, Oct. 11, 2010
Kahane's vision for loyalty oath was not so different than Barak's

Late extremist rabbi proposed every non-Jew wishing to become a naturalized Israeli would have to pledge to 'the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence.'

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netanyahu - Tomer Appelbaum - Sept 12 2010
Netanyahu: Lebanon is becoming an extension of Iran's regime

Speaking after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address to thousands of Hezbollah supporters in southern Lebanon, Netanyahu says: 'We will continue to build and to protect ourselves as best we can.'

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  • Ahmadinejad tells Lebanese at rally near Israel border: The Zionists will disappear
  • Hezbollah supporters: Ahmadinejad visit to Lebanon a victory over Israel
Dubai hit man - Oct 10, 2010
Report: Suspect in Dubai assassination used identity of fallen IDF soldier

Briton Christopher Lockwood formerly carried the name of Yehuda Lustig - an IDF soldier said to have been killed in 1973 Yom Kippur War, Wall Street Journal reports.

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  • As several Mossad agents exposed, has the spy agency lost its luster?
  • Britain 'knew Mossad was using fake passports for Dubai hit'
  • Poland extradites alleged Mossad agent to Germany on forgery charges
West Bank vineyard, Nir Kafri
God and grapes

A small group of North Americans has been making pilgrimages to the vineyards of West Bank settlements, with the aim of helping the Chosen People fulfill the prophecies of old. Praise the Lord

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Rightists release video of Shin Bet officials touring Hebron
Police arrest teenage settler for exposing top Shin Bet agent on YouTube

Hebron resident, 17, allegedly uploaded a video of A., the head of service's Jewish Division, exposing his face and indicating his full name.

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Ariel construction Nir Kafri
Construction in full swing just days after freeze

Since the end of the settlement freeze 10 days ago, bulldozers have been busy clearing the way for 350 residential units in various settlements, Haaretz has learned.

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settlement building - Nir Kafri - September 27 2010
10 days after settlement freeze expires, 350 new units under construction

West Bank settlers satisfied with the momentum; council chair: Building proceeding normally, not at a heightened pace.

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State ordered to reimburse Palestinian for money that went missing during soldiers' search of home

More than NIS 100,000 was stolen from a Tul Karm home during a search by soldiers in 2002.

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Charcoal burning - Moti Milrod - Sept. 30, 2010
Polluting Palestinian charcoal wafting west of the Green Line

Production moves across separation fence, leaving Israelis coughing.

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Yair Kaufman - Lior Mizrachi - Spet. 30, 2010
Narcotics dealers to West Bank settlers held for trafficking

Police launched investigation after Neveh Daniel youth caught in possession of marijuana named settler as his supplier.

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Anti-gender segregation protest in Jerusalem Spet. 29, 2010 Olivier Fitoussi
Dozens march against gender segregation in Jerusalem

Protesters march from central J'lem to ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She'arim a day after High Court of Justice ruled that gender separation barriers were unacceptable.

with Tomer Zarchin and Yair Ettinger 0 comments
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  • Court rules against segregating men and women on streets
A Mea She’arim street with a dividing wall to separate between men and women.
Court rules against segregating men and women on streets

Barriers removed from main street of ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea She'arim; decision puts end to years-long tradition of gender segregation during the Sukkot holiday.

with Tomer Zarchin 0 comments
Settlements - AP - Sept 27, 2010
For Palestinian laborers, end of freeze means back to work

Palestinian leaders see the settlement moratorium as vital for peace - but it robbed many of the West Bank's Arab residents of their livelihood.

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Silvan Shalom - Salman - Sept 27
Vice PM: Settlement freeze was a mistake

Silvan Shalom tours Hebron as Israel's settlement moratorium expires; knocks Palestinian request to extend freeze, saying even 10 months were 'excessive.'

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Ravava - Nir Kafri - Sept. 27, 2010
Bulldozers roll out across West Bank as settlement freeze ends

Netanyahu speaks with Clinton, Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah in attempt to salvage peace process.

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  • Settler leader: Construction freeze was needless, wasted gesture
  • With freeze over, West Bank settlements ready to dive into construction
West Bank settlement construction Sept. 26, 2010 Moti Milrod
With freeze over, West Bank settlements ready to dive into construction

Israel, Palestinian Authority working to reach compromise on issue of settlement construction, following expiration of 10-month building freeze on Sunday night.

with Barak Ravid, Jonathan Lis and Avi Issacharoff 0 comments
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  • Netanyahu to Abbas as settlement freeze ends: Let's continue talks to achieve peace
  • Despite Netanyahu's plea for restraint, thousands of settlers celebrate end of building freeze
  • Top Likud minister: Obama knows settlements are part of Jewish homeland
Cars shot at near Hebron; wounded woman gives birth

Sharon Zucker and his wife Neta, in the ninth month of pregnancy, were lightly wounded by gunfire as they drove in the southern Hebron hills in the West Bank on Sunday night.

with Yanir Yagna, Avi Issacharoff and Anshel Pfeffer 0 comments
Sharon Zucker kissing his newborn son
Israeli woman gives birth within hours of being shot in West Bank attack

Netta Zucker undergoes C-section at Soroka Medical Center, after driving herself there with gunshot wounds to her leg.

with Anshel Pfeffer 0 comments
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  • Israeli woman lightly wounded in West Bank shooting
West Bank settlers celebrate end of construction freeze on September 26, 2010
Despite Netanyahu's plea for restraint, thousands of settlers celebrate end of building freeze

Protesters attended rally in Revava with tractors, cement mixers and other equipment to broadcast to the world that construction in the territories is resuming.

with Jonathan Lis and Haaretz Service 0 comments
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  • Netanyahu to settlers: Keep low profile as building freeze expires
  • Settler leader: Construction freeze was needless, wasted gesture
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