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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
Palestinian farmers trying to enter the West Bank settlement of Ofra to work their lands.
IDF orders fences around 2 settlements taken down, 3 months after court deadline

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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Yusur Asfour, Mohammed Asfour's mother, mourning at her home in the West Bank village of Abud
Palestinian, 23, dies of wounds sustained in clashes with IDF soldiers

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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  • Palestinian youth killed by IDF fire in clashes near Hebron
  • Israeli infant critically hurt in traffic accident caused by stone-throwing Palestinians
Sde Boaz outpost
Israel agrees to demolish four West Bank outpost structures immediately

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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  • Settlers drop bid to be named owners of land in West Bank outpost
A roadblock in the West Bank.
Left-wing Israeli activist acquitted for driving away from West Bank roadblock

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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  • Jerusalem court indicts four border policemen for assaulting Palestinian boy
  • Border Police fires rubber bullet at Palestinian peace activist's car in West Bank
  • Israel tells High Court: Palestinian Authority behind E-1 protest camp
Samer Issawi
IDF courts in West Bank cancel just 2.6% of Palestinian administrative detention orders

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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  • Prisoner hunger strike unites Palestinian activists
  • Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails declare hunger strike
  • Guilty until proven innocent
Palestinian laborers waiting for an Afikim bus to take them to work in central Israel
As Israel's separate bus lines start rolling, some Palestinians don't seem to mind

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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  • Israel introduces 'Palestinian only' bus lines, following complaints from Jewish settlers
  • Jewish teen detained over assault of Palestinian woman in Jerusalem
  • Palestinian mother demands IDF decision on son's death in West Bank protest 4 years ago
  • On the bus to Israeli apartheid
Palestinian protesters on an Israeli bus line in the West Bank last year.
Israel introduces 'Palestinian only' bus lines, following complaints from Jewish settlers

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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  • Police order Palestinian workers off buses to West Bank, at request of Israeli settlers
  • Israeli security forces stand by while settlers harass Palestinian shepherds, witnesses say
  • As Israel's separate bus lines start rolling, some Palestinians don't seem to mind
  • On the bus to Israeli apartheid
Clashes between Palestinians, IDF outside Ofer military prison in West Bank.
Graves of the next intifada's victims are waiting in Dheisheh

'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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  • What killed Arafat Jaradat?
  • Israel mistreats Palestinian children in custody, UNICEF reports
Palestinian children inspect a burnt car in the West Bank village of Qusra
Palestinians' claim that Jewish settlers set 6 cars alight was fabricated, Israel Police says

Jewish settlers are not behind incident, police say, discrediting allegations that it was done with nationalistic motives.

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  • Palestinians report nine people wounded in clashes with Jewish settlers in West Bank village
  • Jerusalem mosque set alight in suspected 'price tag' attack
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Stone throwers
IDF fire wounds two Palestinian teens in West Bank; Israeli child hurt by stone

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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Jadarat funeral
Thousands attend funeral of Palestinian detainee who died in Israeli prison

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.

with Yaniv Kubovich 56 comments
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  • A prisoner is dead, a martyr is born
  • Autopsy shows Palestinian prisoner died from torture, says PA chief pathologist
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  • On the path to blood, sweat and tears
  • Abbas warns Israel: Don't play with Palestinian lives
  • IDF fire wounds two Palestinian teens in West Bank; Israeli child hurt by stone
  • Abbas to Palestinian Authority security officials: Don't get drawn into Israeli violence
  • Israel will release results of Palestinian prisoner's autopsy
Rioting on Policeman's Square, Hebron, February 24, 2013.
A prisoner is dead, a martyr is born

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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  • After Palestinian dies in Shin Bet hands, time to question the interrogators
  • The Israeli-Palestinian talks that never took place begin on the street
  • Israel tries to calm nerves in the West Bank, but outbreak of third intifada depends on Palestinian Authority
  • Thousands attend funeral of Palestinian detainee who died in Israeli prison
  • Abbas warns Israel: Don't play with Palestinian lives
IDF soldiers in Hebron
LIVE BLOG: IDF, Palestinians clash in West Bank after detainee dies

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.

with Jack Khoury, Dan Even and DPA 44 comments
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  • The Israeli-Palestinian talks that never took place begin on the street
  • With recent escalation in West Bank, Israelis and Palestinians edge closer to boiling point
  • The Israeli-Palestinian talks that never took place begin on the street
  • Palestinians report nine people wounded in clashes with Jewish settlers in West Bank village
  • West Bank demonstrations are not a third intifada – yet
  • Autopsy shows Palestinian prisoner died from torture, says PA chief pathologist
Clashes in the West Bank
West Bank demonstrations are not a third intifada – yet

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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  • LIVE BLOG: PA pathologist who attended Jaradat's autopsy says his body shows signs of torture
  • UN chief urges quick solution to Palestinian hunger strike
  • Negotiating with stones and bullets
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  • Autopsy shows Palestinian prisoner died from torture, says PA chief pathologist
  • On the path to blood, sweat and tears
Palestinian supporters of Samer Issawi burning tires Friday during clashes with troops
Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike given 8 month sentence

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.

with Nir Hasson, Amira Hass and Jack Khoury 23 comments
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  • 1,000 Palestinians march to IDF prison in support of hunger strikers
  • Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails declare hunger strike
  • Fourteen Palestinians released in Gilad Shalit deal back in Israeli jails
  • Palestinians clash with Israel Police at Jerusalem's Temple Mount
  • Nine Palestinians wounded in West Bank clashes with Jewish settlers, reports say
  • After Palestinian dies in Shin Bet hands, time to question the interrogators
  • Israel denies entry to American teacher working in West Bank
  • The pain of almost a million arrests
  • Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner calls on Israelis to push for his release
  • Israel-based rights group accuses prisons of abusing Palestinian hunger strikers
  • Israelis attempting to visit hospitalized Palestinian hunger-striker detained
A Palestinian man demonstrating in Beitounia
1,000 Palestinians march to IDF prison in support of hunger strikers

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.

with Amira Hass and Jack Khoury 3 comments
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  • Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike given 8 month sentence
  • Palestinians clash with Israel Police at Jerusalem's Temple Mount
Netanyahu being driven to the airport.
Netanyahu's drivers win pay raise of thousands of shekels

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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  • More than just desserts: Ice cream just the tip of the PM residence's annual budget of over NIS 2m
  • After media frenzy, Netanyahu freezes bloated ice cream budget
  • Netanyahu overspent budget for Jerusalem residence by 50% in 2012
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Meshulam Nahari, a Shas party member and minister without portfolio.
Shas minister hid conflict of interest in grant submission

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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  • Expect fewer ministers with funny titles in next Israeli government
  • A government with fewer ministers could save Israel NIS 100 million a year
  • Shas organization gets NIS 2.1 million in state funds without tender
The Cave of the Patriachs in Hebron.
Violence flares in West Bank on anniversary of Cave of the Patriarchs massacre

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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  • Israel to return West Bank farmland to Palestinian owners after wrongly allocating land to kibbutz
  • Pro-Israel group's primer on West Bank settlements shows just how disastrous they are
  • Fourteen Palestinians released in Gilad Shalit deal back in Israeli jails
  • Palestinian attacks in West Bank and Jerusalem surged last month
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman at the memorial.
Thousands attend memorial for slain Fogel family, vow to continue West Bank settlement

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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  • Shin Bet recommends razing the homes of Fogel murderers' families
  • Palestinian TV airs show praising Fogel family murderer
  • Two Palestinians indicted for Fogel massacre
Prof. Zvi Eckstein
Deputy bank governor courted for IDB board post while still at Bank of Israel

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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  • IDB Holding offers new debt rescheduling proposal to bondholders
Gideon Saar and Menachem Livni
Former Jewish Underground convict receives more than NIS 1.3 million from state

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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  • Israel to urge court: Drop Palestinian farmers' complaint against settler attacks
  • IDF reservists: Guarding former Jewish terrorist is unjustified and a waste
  • The vineyard guards
The airstrip at Alumot.
West Bank settlement outpost's newest attraction: an airstrip

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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  • Palestinians erect tent city in E-1 to protest settlement construction
  • At least 166 homes in Israeli settlement built on private Palestinian land
  • Israeli 'hilltop youth' accuse their former hero of stealing settlers' land
  • Palestinian election commission starts updating voter registers ahead of elections
David Shimron
Netanyahu lawyer defends $18,000 advisory position at Plant Board

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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Palestinian farmers trying to enter the West Bank settlement of Ofra to work their lands.
IDF breaks pledge to remove West Bank fences severing Palestinian land

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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  • Netanyahu's top security adviser: Settlements impede Western support of Israel
  • Turkel panel calls for IDF commanders to take greater responsibility
  • Video shows IDF unit causing nocturnal disturbance in West Bank village
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