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Monday, June 26, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Court orders Palestinian farmers protected
Israel’s top court ordered the army to boost protection for Palestinian farmers harassed by settlers.
The High Court of Justice on Monday found in favor of a petition filed by civil rights groups against the recent military practice of preventing Palestinians in the West Bank from accessing their farmland for fear they could be attacked by settler vigilantes.
Justice Dorit Beinish likened the practice to telling a person not to enter his home lest he or she be set upon by a burglar waiting there.
Beinish said the military should do more to stop settlers suspected of attacking Palestinians, suggesting that restraining orders could be used.
Germany presses Palestinians on hostage
Germany demanded that Palestinians release the Israeli soldier taken hostage over the weekend.
A spokesperson for Germany’s Foreign Ministry called the kidnapping of Cpl. Gilad Shalit an “insidious attack.”
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Tzipi Livni, Monday by telephone to express his concern for the 19-year-old soldier.
According to the spokesperson, the German government urged Israel to respond with restraint so as not to exacerbate tensions.
http://www.jta.org/
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