IDF told the High Court that the fences would be destroyed by the end of 2012 and new ones would be built, but didn't pull through.
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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.
IDF told the High Court that the fences would be destroyed by the end of 2012 and new ones would be built, but didn't pull through.
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Mohammed Asfour, 23, was shot in the head during protests in support of a hunger strike by four Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; he was initially treated in a Palestinian hospital and then transferred to Tel Aviv, where he died.
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State issued order to the built houses in the Gush Etzion outpost. The regional settlement council had lied to Israel's High Court, insisting the structures were inhabited.
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Judge rules he was not required to follow the orders of the security personnel at the scene because they were not prepared to identify themselves.
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Report summing up activities between 2009 and 2011 also shows Israel's High Court of Justice has never accepted a single Palestinian’s petition on such an order.
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Instead of describing 'segregated buses,' Transportation Ministry officials say 'Palestinian only' bus lines are intended to relieve distress of laborers traveling to central Israel from the West Bank.
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Afikim bus company to have special buses for Palestinian workers commuting from the West Bank to jobs in central Israel; announcement follows complaints from settlers that Palestinians are a security risk.
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'We are the last generation you can make peace with. There’s a five-year window of opportunity.' says a local Fatah leader facing the rows of new, empty graves.
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Jewish settlers are not behind incident, police say, discrediting allegations that it was done with nationalistic motives.
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IDF investigating if soldiers used Ruger metal bullets to disperse West Bank demonstration after funeral of detainee Arafat Jaradat; five-year-old sustains light wound in incident near Betar Ilit.
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IDF on high alert in West Bank for third consecutive day following the death of Arafat Jaradat in Megiddo Prison on Saturday; autopsy shows he died from cardiac arrest.
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There is dying a martyr’s death and then there is dying a martyr’s death under questioning by the Shin Bet security service. This is as lofty as it gets.
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IDF soldier, Israeli woman and several Palestinians reported wounded in the clashes, including the 15-year-old son of a Palestinian security services chief; detainees announce a collective hunger strike; PM sends message via Isaac Molho asking PA to restore calm.
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This weekend's clashes are reminiscent of the moments just before the first intifada. But unlike then, the IDF is not in control of Palestinian cities, and is better prepared to disperse mass gatherings.
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Samer Issawi, who has been on hunger strike since August, was released in the Gilad Shalit deal and then rearrested; citing classified evidence of another violation, prosecutors argued that he should serve out the remainder of his original sentence.
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IDF stations mass troops around Ofer compound ahead of protest; Islamic Movement leader joins strike as High Court refuses to intervene for one Palestinian detainee.
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The men who chauffer the prime minister have long demanded contracts in line with those given to members of the Shin Bet and have taken a step in that direction by winning a significant salary increase.
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Government minister Meshulam Nahari requested NIS 15,000 in state funds for an organization without mentioning that it was run by the grandfather of the woman his son was about to marry.
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With tensions running high between Jewish settlers and Palestinians, an Israeli soldier and Palestinian man are injured and hundreds of thousands of shekels of property is destroyed.
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An exceptional number of public figures attended the memorial ceremony. Almost the entire Habayit Hayehudi Knesset faction was there, as well as ministers Yaakov Neeman, Yuli Edelstein and Katz from Likud; and minister Eli Yishai and MK Nissim Zeev of Shas.
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The IDB group has regularly recruited former government regulatory officials as directors of the group, including former staff from the Israel Securities Authority.
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The Israel Tax Authority paid him compensation for damage he suffered while cultivating land illegally in a Palestinian village – and he is suing for more.
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So far at least, the dubious legality of the makeshift runway near the settlement of Itamar doesn't seem to be bothering residents or law enforcement authorities.
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Likud activist and founding director of the board, Michael Ayalon, stands accused of covering up misconduct when filling positions in the board, including that of Netanyahu's lawyer, who is now in charge of coalition negotiations for Likud.
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IDF completed its preparatory work and passed project on to Defense Ministry for approval of funding, but request has not gone through; IDF never informed High Court that it would be unable to meet timetable.
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