An Israeli human rights watchdog hailed as unprecedented Tuesday a court order for the state to pay compensation to Palestinians prevented from farming their land by a wildcat Jewish settlement. The court awarded six Palestinian landowners a total of 300,000 shekels ($85,700) in compensation for their losses from the presence on their land in the **rthern West Bank of the Amona settlement outpost, which even the Israeli government regards as illegal.
06-30-2014, 01:21 AM
Palestinian landowners win wildcat settlement payout
An Israeli human rights watchdog hailed as unprecedented Tuesday a court order for the state to pay compensation to Palestinians prevented from farming their land by a wildcat Jewish settlement. The court awarded six Palestinian landowners a total of 300,000 shekels ($85,700) in compensation for their losses from the presence on their land in the **rthern West Bank of the Amona settlement outpost, which even the Israeli government regards as illegal.
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