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- \u25cfIsrael dismantles alternative housing site meant for Khan al-Ahmar evacuees<\/a><\/li>
- \u25cfCabinet OKs Netanyahu’s proposal to postpone Khan al-Ahmar evacuation until negotiations exhausted<\/a><\/li>
- \u25cfIsrael postpones evacuation of contested West Bank village Khan al-Ahmar until further notice<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
An Israel Defense Forces soldier hurled rocks on Tuesday on an Haaretz crew (the paper’s photographer and correspondent) that was reporting on the dismantling of the temporary site that was intended to house residents\u00a0of the West Bank village Khan al-Ahmar<\/a> after their evacuation from their illegal encampment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rocks were hurled as Haaretz photographer Emil Salman started taking pictures of the dismantling of the site, and after he identified as the newspaper’s photographer to a soldier at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0The soldier hurled five rocks, which did not hurt the crew and did not cause damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0The IDF said the soldier \u201cacted in violation of IDF values and what is expected from him. The incident will be investigated and dealt with by his commanders.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This reporter<\/a> and the photographer were documenting the dismantling of temporary mobile homes in Azzariyeh, east of Jerusalem. The work began<\/a> after\u00a0a freeze was put into effect\u00a0on Saturday on the evacuation of the Bedouin\u00a0residents, due to their objections to moving to the new site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The civilian contractor working at the site asked the Haaretz team to leave the site, and they moved to the nearby road. The soldiers from the\u00a0IDF<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Etzion regional brigade who were guarding the site asked the team to identify themselves, and they did. These combat soldiers were not involved in the stone throwing incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Haaretz was photographing the site, two civilian employees approached them and cursed them. One of the men identified himself as an employee of the IDF\u2019s Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria, but the Civil Administration later denied he was an employee and said he was an outside contractor. A few minutes later, a soldier wearing uniform pants and a non-military shirt approached the Haaretz team and began throwing stones. The soldier hid behind one of the mobile homes at the site in an attempt to avoid being photographed, but he was photographed later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The workers at the site were very tense because they had recently received threats from Palestinians in the area, including officials of the Palestinian Authority, which has opposed the construction of the alternate site for the residents of Khan al-Ahmar<\/a>, said a source in the defense establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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