Israeli troops begin evacuation of West Bank outpost
Thousands of troops in riot gear and on horseback clashed with hundreds of stone-throwing Jewish settlers behind barbed wire and on rooftops in the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Amona today, after the Israeli Supreme Court cleared the way for demolition of nine homes at the site.
It was the first forced evacuation of Jewish settlers since last summer’s pullout from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, and was on par with the most violent scenes of the Gaza pullout. Eleven police and protesters were injured, Israeli radio stations reported.
