Haaretz really hates pro-settler NGOs

Last week, Haaretz published a supposed expose of Regavim, an NGO that insists that the Israeli government adhere to its own laws in Area C of Judea and Samaria.The article didn't dig up any dirt. Regavim is quite open about its aims. But now the government has some former Regavim officials, and that is scary to Haaretz:Haaretz is upset.The article shows Regavim members documenting...

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The "extreme right wing Israeli government, left wing Supreme Court" narrative has been upended

Something happened this week that completely contradicts everything you've been reading about the current Israeli government - and the High Court.From Haaretz:The Supreme Court should reject a petition demanding the eviction of residents of the Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar, because the eviction involves “diplomatic and security considerations” that should be made by...

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The progressive Israeli High Court is to the right of the "fascist" Israeli government

From Times of Israel:The High Court of Justice issued a sharp rebuke on Tuesday of the government’s recent request for yet another delay in the court’s order to evacuate the illegal Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin encampment in the West Bank.Justice Noam Sohlberg rejected the government’s request for a four-month extension for the submission of its position on the issue, and instead...

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The Bedouins and the Jewish State (Vic Rosenthal)

Vic Rosenthal's weekly column Bedouins are tribal, nomadic Arabs, tracing their ancestry to the Arabian peninsula, who today live all over the Middle East and North Africa. Today there are at least 200,000 Bedouins in Israel, and the population is growing rapidly. They are Israeli citizens with full political and civil rights. Historically they fed themselves primarily...

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The EU funds illegal school that teaches kids to destroy Israel

From remarks by EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at a plenary session of the European Parliament on the threat of demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and other illegally constructed Bedouin villages: ...The European Union does not and will not give up on a negotiated two-state solution. We will continue our engagement on the ground in support of building...

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Palestinian leaders using children as pawns. Of course no one cares.

The BBC reports: Israel's Supreme Court has rejected appeals against the demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has been a subject of international concern. Judges upheld an order to raze Khan al-Ahmar, where about 180 people live in shacks between two Jewish settlements. Israel's government says the structures were built illegally, but...

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