Chaim Levinson (Haaretz)
By Chaim Levinson (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward How W. Bank Outpost Residents Are Turning to Facebook
When Itai Zar, 34, the leader of Havat Gilad, was arrested last November, it was only natural that the footage documenting the arrest, which someone filmed on their cell phone, would be posted within minutes on the outpost’s Facebook page – to the delight of the group’s 2,234 members. Havat Gilad, an unauthorized outpost built…
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Fast Forward ‘New’ West Bank Settlement Permits Not So New
At the West Bank city of Ariel’s adventure park, whose construction Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved, nothing special was going on yesterday. Children were trying out the climbing wall and the mayor was walking around, proud as a groom on his wedding day. The facility was actually only approved yesterday, but has been in existence…
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