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October 10, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-israel-birth-of-a-settlement1010oct09,0,5272555.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dworld%2Dheadlines

Israel Struggles With Illegal Outposts

(Newsday/AP) - The founders of the village of Ofra (pop. 2,000), about 10 miles northeast of Jerusalem, started from scratch 25 years ago, while the government looked the other way. Today, on a strategic ridge above Ofra, a group of about 90 people have staked out a new outpost named Amona. Law student Ariel Erlich, 26, lives with his wife, Ifat, and two-year-old son Dvir in a cramped but cozy, three-room trailer. Erlich hopes they will soon start building permanent homes, like the ones in Ofra below.

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