Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Israel’s outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Settlers now find their closest allies at the highest government levels with Netanyahu’s new coalition officially granting Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a settler leader, authority over settlement construction.

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new far-right government announced last week it would legalize Givat Harel, along with nine other unauthorized West Bank outposts, boosting settlers' morale and strengthening their hold on the land.

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out of the Israeli army, brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop deep in the occupied West Bank and began to plant raspberries. It was an unauthorized settlement in the heart of territory claimed by the Palestinians, but Drori, now 49, said he considered himself to be “in a way, working with the government.” Today, mo…

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Israel’s new ultranationalist government has declared that it will legalize 10 unauthorized outposts in the occupied West Bank. The rare move has intensified the authorities' defiance of international pressure and

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out of the Israeli army, brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop deep in the occupied West Bank and began to plant raspberries.

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out of the Israeli army, brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop deep in the occupied West Bank and began to plant raspberries. It was an unauthorized settlement in the heart of territory claimed by the Palestinians, but Drori, now 49, said he considered himself to be “in a way, working with the government.” Today, more than 90 Jewish families live i…