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June 10, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=F187188C-1433-43FE-8B590FC63ABBD218

Israel Begins Dismantling Jewish Outposts in West Bank

(Voice of America) Israeli troops have begun dismantling illegal Jewish outposts in the West Bank, in line with Israeli commitments under the "road map," following a pledge by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during last week's summit with President Bush. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz presented Jewish settlers with a list of 15 illegal outposts, four of them inhabited, that the army intends to dismantle in the near future. Adi Mintz, a spokesman for the settlers' council, said his organization would protest the government's policy, but only through peaceful means. "We think Jews have the right to live anywhere in the State of Israel. This is our land. It is a Jewish land. It is state land. We never took somebody [else's] land," he said.

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