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24 outposts to be removed Israel will evacuate unauthorized outposts built in March 2001 and later, as stipulated by the road map, Prime Minister Sharon tells United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan; U.N. head is in Israel for new Holocaust museum’s inauguration By Doron Sheffer and Attila Somfalvi Annan, Sharon in good spirits Photo: GPO JERUSALEM - Israel will remove unauthorized outposts built in March 2001 and later, as stipulated by the “road map” peace plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan during their meeting Sunday. Sharon’s decision conforms with the position advanced by senior...

Jan. 3, 2005 9:59 | Updated Jan. 3, 2005 21:29 Soldier fires shots during outpost evacuation scuffle By MATTHEW GUTMAN Outpost evacuation near Yitzhar Settler girls during scuffle with soldiers who had arrived to dismantle an illegal outpost near Yitzhar, in the northern West Bank Photo: AP In what some settlers are calling the opening shots of the final push against the contentious disengagement plan, an IDF soldier fired at least one warning shot towards residents of the Nablus-area settlement of Yitzhar, where earlier in the day the IDF had dismantled an illegal outpost. During the outpost's evacuation, some 19...

Jan. 6, 2004 IDF prepares for removal of 60 illegal West Bank outposts By MATTHEW GUTMAN Havat (Farm) Maon as seen from the air. Photo: AP The defense establishment is preparing to dismantle some 60 illegal outposts settlements in the West Bank, a security source told the Jerusalem Post. Israel has been under increasing pressure from the United States to dismantle the 100 or so illegal outposts that continue to spring up in the West Bank. The defense establishment has also drawn up a short-list of illegal outposts that could be dismantled within a month in a move the settlers...

Dec. 10, 2003 Army removes 3 unauthorized outposts By JPOST.COM STAFF Settlers voluntarily evacuated at least one unauthorized outpost Wednesday, dragging away a charred, burned out trailer on a hilltop near Na'aleh. It was the fifth of six uninhabited outposts removed this week. The sixth is an empty trailer on a hilltop near Ramallah, sources in the Central Command said. Arrangements were being made with the settlers for them to remove them as well. The army itself evacuated three unoccupied outposts in the West Bank on Wednesday, Channel One reported: a guard tower at Itzhar, a water tank at Maaleh...