At least 16 Israelis, including 11 police officers, were injured on Sunday in clashes that erupted when Jewish settlers refused to vacate a settlement outpost built on Palestinian land east of the city of Salfit in the occupied West Bank.
At least 16 Israelis, including 11 police officers, were injured on Sunday in clashes that erupted when Jewish settlers refused to vacate a settlement outpost built on Palestinian land east of the city of Salfit in the occupied West Bank. https://t.co/gJXcVfmKH6
— ANews (@anewscomtr) June 17, 2018
Israeli police were carrying out the eviction order based on an earlier court ruling that the outpost had been built illegally.
Some of the settlers left the site voluntarily, but dozens of others regrouped at nearby Jewish settlements where they staged sit-ins and engaged in limited clashes with police.
#Israel’s Supreme Court: Settlements Law Violates #Apartheid Convention https://t.co/BRgvMaVHBo via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/SYVdvz6Rpy
— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 6, 2018
The Israeli government seeks to enact a law that would allow homes built by settlers on Palestinian land to remain intact in return for financial compensation to the Palestinian landowners.
#Bennett: ‘The West Bank Will Soon Become Part of #Israel’ https://t.co/y8cob20QDZ via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/7eHXxNyMNf
— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 15, 2018
Through this so-called “Settlement Law”, Israeli lawmakers hope to legitimize outposts in the West Bank erected by Jewish settlers on Palestinian land.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
