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Security forces raided the community of Ramat Migron in the Binyamin region Thursday night and declared the outpost a closed military zone on the orders of Judea and Samaria Division commander Brig. Gen. Avi Blot. In addition, the policemen knocked on the houses of the families in the outpost and threatened the residents that if they did not vacate their homes within minutes, they would be arrested and taken to the police station. The police raid this evening follows a series of raids that took place last week on the nearby outpost of Oz Zion, during which police officers broke...

SAUGUS (CBS) – After more than 50 years in business, it appears that the Hilltop Steakhouse may be closing its doors. The famed landmark restaurant on Route 1 is slated to shut down on October 20, as first reported by industry blog Boston Restaurant Talk. The Phantom Gourmet also made mention of the news on its Facebook page. In a letter to the town of Saugus, Hilltop management pointed to a decline in business in recent years. “Over the past several years we have seen a dramatic change in the volume of our business. Tremendous efforts have been made over...

VICTORVILLE • As Easter approaches, some High Desert residents have wondered if the wooden cross that went missing in January would ever return to its rocky perch overlooking the Mojave Narrows Bridge. But the cross that greeted commuters along Highway 18 and gave hope to many senior residents at the River Ranch Mobile Park on Stoddard Wells Road near the bridge has been destroyed. Daily Press Staff Photographer David Pardo found the cross in pieces when he climbed the hill Friday afternoon on a photo assignment to investigate a report that it was missing. “I know that the cross to...

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (Likud) visited Beit El's threatened Ulpana neighborhood on Tuesday to light Hanukkah candles. Rivlin was warmly received in the neighborhood by residents and their children and lit the final Hannukah lamp in a house slated for demolition in May 2012. "I came to light on the last day of Hanukkah, to visit you, in a community the Prime Minister himself approved," Rivlin said. "We are a nation of laws, and no one is above the law. No person may sit on the land of another. But in this case the law does not go hand in...

The Netanyahu government’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak has declared war against what the government terms illegal Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and has issued warning orders to residents in nine of the small towns on scattered hilltops. More orders to evacuate or face eviction may be issued for the remaining 13 communities.