August 2, 2011

The Israeli High Court orders the government to remove Migron, the largest unauthorized settlement outpost in the West Bank (300 settlers in 60 mobile homes on private Palestinian land) by the end of 3/2012. In an Israeli military court, 2 Palestinian teenagers fr. Awarta plead guilty to murdering a Jewish settler family in Itamar on 3/11/11; sentencing is not expected until 9/2011. (AFP, JP, REU 8/2; JTA, WP 8/3; PCHR 8/4; OCHA 8/5; JPI 8/12)