2007 Photo Contest, Spot News, 3rd prize
Photographer

Yonathan Weitzman

Reuters

01 February, 2006

An officer on horseback charges a settler. Jewish settlers clash with Israeli police in the evacuation of an outpost of the Amona settlement. The police had been ordered to tear down nine houses built without permission. The order was part of a tougher stand on settler issues taken by Israeli acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert. About 5,000 protesters joined the settlers in their opposition. After settlers have been forcibly removed, bulldozers moved in to dismantle the homes.

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Yonathan Weitzman

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