IDF uses live-fire zones to expel Palestinians from areas of West Bank, officer admits

This article originally appeared in Haaretz – May 21, 2014 [Photo by Mairav Zonszein]

By Amira Hass

Military training in live-fire zones in the West Bank is used as a way of reducing the number of Palestinians living nearby, and serves as an important part of the campaign against Palestinian illegal construction, an army officer revealed at a recent Knesset committee meeting…

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