Settlers in Hebron Celebrate 'Freedom' While Palestinians Suffer - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Akiva Eldar

Akiva Eldar

Mar 27, 2013

An Israeli settler (front) and Palestinians demonstrators, one wearing a mask depicting U.S. President Barack Obama, scuffle during a protest against the continued closure by the Israeli army of Shuhada street to Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron March 20, 2013. Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday without any new peace initiative to offer disillusioned Palestinians and facing deep Israeli doubts over his pledge to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran. REUTERS/ Mussa Qawasma (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS C — An Israeli settler (front) and Palestinian demonstrators, one wearing a mask depicting US President Barack Obama, scuffle during a protest against the continued closure by the Israeli army of Shuhada Street to Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron March 20, 2013. — REUTERS/ Mussa Qawasma

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Palestinian activists stand near newly-erected tents in the West Bank village of Beit Iksa, between Ramallah and Jerusalem January 20, 2013. Palestinians pitched tents in an area of the West Bank as a protest against an Israeli barrier they said would cut villagers off from their lands. The tents were erected on Friday in the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa, north of Jerusalem. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3CPA5

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Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Mount of Olives during a tour in Jerusalem February 2, 2009. Netanyahu is a candidate for prime minister in Israel's February 10 election. Opinion polls forecast victory for right-winger Netanyahu. In the background is the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) - RTXB5P8

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An Israeli policeman fires a tear gas canister during clashes with Palestinian protesters at a demonstration against the closure of Shuhada street to Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Hebron February 24, 2012. Some 200 protesters, including foreign and Israeli activists, gathered on Friday marking the 18th anniversary of the closure of the street, which was closed by the Israeli army in 1994 following the Hebron mosque massacre by Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli settler, who went on a rampage inside Al Ib

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