Evacuation
North Carolina Rabbi Can’t Muster Minyan As Jews Flee Hurricane Florence
“There was a lot of fear and nerves in the community the past couple days,” said a Wilmington rabbi as Hurricane Florence hit the coast Thursday.
PHOTOS: Rage and Resignation as Police Evacuate West Bank Amona Outpost
Israeli police neared the end on Thursday of a days-long operation to evacuate Amona, an illegally-built outpost on the West Bank. Sitting on private Palestinian land, Amona has figured in numerous legal battles since its construction two decades ago. Israel had tried to broker a deal in which the settlers would be moved off their current plot to a neighboring stretch of land, but the country’s Supreme Court overruled that decision, ordering the government to remove the settlers last year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to build a new settlement on state land for the evacuees, and has announced an expanded settlement-building program since the election of President Donald Trump. Here are some photos from the Amona operation.
Israel Police Evacuate Amona Synagogue in Last Phase of Removal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli police evacuated the synagogue at Amona in the West Bank, the last occupied building in the outpost. The synagogue, in which up to 100 people, mostly teens, were holed up, was evacuated early on Thursday afternoon, several hours after the last of the 40 homes in the outpost were emptied of…
Jewish Agency Caught in Ukraine 'Evacuation' Plan Leak Drama
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has accused the Jewish Agency for Israel of leaking a plan to evacuate Jews from Eastern Ukraine, in the wake of ongoing political crisis and violence.
8 Years Later, Recalling Gaza Jewish Settlement Evacuation
Eight years ago today, Israel forcibly began evicting Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip as part of the unilateral operation that was known as the Disengagement.