November 3, 2008

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in Tulkarm, nr. Bethlehem and Jenin. To demonstrate disapproval of unauthorized settlement in keeping with the Israeli cabinet’s 11/2 decision, the IDF tears down several shacks erected by Jewish settlers nr. the unauthorized outpost of Migron (n. of Jerusalem) who intended to expand the outpost; the IDF continues to guard Migron itself, which is connected to Israel’s electricity grid and has paved access roads. Jewish settlers fr. Kochav Ya’acov nr. Ramallah attack Palestinians harvesting olives nearby; the IDF disperses the settlers. (WT 11/4; OCHA 11/5; PCHR 11/6)