IDF halts demolition work inside Muqata By Amos Harel, Amira Hass and Arnon Regular, Ha'aretz Correspondents, Ha'aretz Service and Agencies The IDF has halted is demolition of buildings inside Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Ararat's Ramallah compound. The decision to cease the bulldozer work was taken on Sunday afternoon, after senior defense establishment figures met in Jerusalem, and the bulldozers will leave the compound within the next few hours. Senior security sources told Ha'aretz that the decision was based on several considerations, including the wave of protests that swept the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in which five Palestinians were killed,...
