Feb
01

Netanyahu to Build New West Bank Settlement to House Evacuees

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  • Israeli leader announces move as police clear illegal outpost
  • First brand-new settlement in 25 years; Knesset to vote Feb. 6

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Jan. 29.

Photographer: ABIR SULTAN/AFP via Getty Images

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would build Israel’s first new settlement in a quarter-century, after thousands of security officers forcibly removed residents from an unauthorized West Bank outpost.

Netanyahu’s announcement came after Israel’s Supreme Court late Wednesday struck down a plan agreed by settler leaders to move some families from the evacuated Amona site to a nearby settlement, and others to an adjacent plot of land. The court said that site was privately owned by Palestinians and invalidated the pact…

Netanyahu to Build New West Bank Settlement to House Evacuees

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