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Last Wednesday (7 July), Israeli soldiers and civil administration staff arrived at the community of Khirbet Humsah, declared the area a closed military zone and denied journalists, human rights activists and diplomats access (Photo: B'Tselem)

New Israeli government's land seizure - where's the EU?

A long convoy of diplomatic vehicles treaded the dirt roads leading to the Palestinian community of Khirbet Humsah twice since last November, when Israeli bulldozers ripped through it - in the first of what has by now became a series of no less than six demolitions.

The visit by the European Union heads of missions to this remote local in the occupied northern Jordan Valley, was heralded as a strong signal by the Union, that it is opposed to – and willing to openly challenge – Israel's...

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Sarit Michaeli is international advocacy officer at B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

Last Wednesday (7 July), Israeli soldiers and civil administration staff arrived at the community of Khirbet Humsah, declared the area a closed military zone and denied journalists, human rights activists and diplomats access (Photo: B'Tselem)

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Sarit Michaeli is international advocacy officer at B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

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