WEST BANK: SCUFFLES ERUPT BETWEEN ISRAELI ARMY AND JEWISH SETTLERS AT OUTPOSTS NEAR HEBRON

Record ID: 400322

  • Title: WEST BANK: SCUFFLES ERUPT BETWEEN ISRAELI ARMY AND JEWISH SETTLERS AT OUTPOSTS NEAR HEBRON
  • Date: 14th April 2004
  • Summary: (U6) HAZON DAVID OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON, WEST BANK (APRIL 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SETTLERS PLACING ROCKS ON ROAD NEAR HAZON DAVID OUTPOST (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. VARIOUS SOLDIERS RUNNING TO CATCH SETTLERS; SETTLER BEING APPREHENDED (2 SHOTS) 0.43 3. SOLDIERS DRAGGING SETTLER 0.058 4. MAIN ENTRANCE TO HAZON DAVID - SETTLERS JOSTLING WITH POL
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: HAZON DAVID OUTPOST & MAACHAZ GIBORIM OUTPOST - NEAR HEBRON, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA836SSQJ4R0VUIBDVBEXA6SY59
  • Story Text: Scuffles between Israeli Army and West Bank settlers
    as Sharon meets Bush in Washington.


    Scuffles erupted between Israeli soldiers and Jewish
    settlers near the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday
    (April 14) only hours before Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
    Sharon met with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington.

    The Hazon David outpost was dismantled after the
    Supreme Court lifted an injuction to prevent its removal.

    The outpost is the first of a handful slated for removal.

    U.S. President George W. Bush's assurance to Israel on
    Wednesday that it could retain some West Bank land claimed
    by Palestinians endangers the future of the entire region,
    a senior Palestinian official said.

    Bush's statement at a White House news conference with
    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signalled a shift in
    U.S. policy that could have major implications for the
    future of Middle East peace negotiations.

    Bush cited "new realities on the ground" for the change
    in policy, including already existing major Israeli
    population centres on the West Bank. Around 230,000 Jews
    have settled in the West Bank since Israel occupied it in a
    1967 war.

    Bush also seemed to negate any claimed right of return
    for Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel. He said a
    solution should be found "through the establishment of a
    Palestinian state and settling of Palestinian refugees
    there rather than in Israel."
    Sharon also wants to evacuate all 7,500 settlers from
    the Gaza Strip, a plan Bush called "historic and
    courageous". He urged all parties to choose this moment to
    help "put an end to one of the world's longest running
    conflicts".



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