JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli settlers on Sunday set Palestinian fields and olive groves on fire after their illegal outpost in the West Bank was
dismantled, Israeli military sources told CNN.
Israeli authorities arrested 13 settlers who refused orders to evacuate the Mitzpe Ami outpost near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, an army
spokesman said.
There were no injuries reported in the incident. The outpost is considered illegal under Israeli law.
The incident happened as the top U.S. envoy to the region, George Mitchell, wraps up his visit to the region, part of an effort to restart stalled
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The United States has pressured Israel to halt settlement construction and dismantle illegal outposts.
Palestinian leaders have said they will not return to negotiations until Israel freezes construction on settlements in the West Bank and stops
building in East Jerusalem. The United States has pressured Israel to do that, but the Israeli government has declined, saying instead that it will
limit construction in the West Bank and continue to build in East Jerusalem.
Under the 2002 Roadmap for Peace plan brokered by the United States, European Union, the United Nations and Russia, Israel agreed to "dismantle
settlement outposts erected since 2001" and "freeze all settlement activity."
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Well, why am I not surprised? More atrocities being commited against palestinians by the Israeli people. It's nice to see the Israeli government
actually doing something about it however.
Interesting how the UN does NOTHING to enforce any sort of laws that are past in regards to Israel, they just let them run wild.
What say you ATS?
Edit to add, I misread the document, it was Israeli citizens who did so, still very wrong.
~Keeper
[edit on 10/11/2009 by tothetenthpower]
[edit on 10/11/2009 by tothetenthpower]
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