US lawmakers urge Blinken to press Israel on Masafer Yatta evictions - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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May 26, 2022

Masafer Yatta — Israeli, foreign and Palestinian activists clash with security forces during a demonstration against the eviction of Palestinian villages to make way for an Israeli military training zone, in the southern hills of Yatta, south of the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 20, 2022. Israeli civil rights groups recently denounced a High Court decision that approved the eviction of roughly 1,000 Palestinian villagers to make way for a military training zone. The case of Masafer Yatta, or Firing Zone 918, an agriculture area near Hebron, has been one of Israel's longest running legal battles. — HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images

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