Evyatar

Evyatar (Hebrew: אביתר, romanized: Evyatar or Eviatar) is an Israeli illegal outpost in the West Bank located in a Palestinian rural area on Mount Sabih in the Palestinian town of Beita south of Nablus.[1][2]

For the 11th-century BC High Priest of Israel, see Abiathar.
Evyatar
אביתר
Israeli outpost
Aerial photograph of Evyatar in June 2021

History

The Israeli outpost at Evyatar was established in 2013 as a reaction to the 2013 Tapuah Junction stabbing in which Evyatar Borovsky was killed. [3]The outpost has been destroyed several times by Israeli officials.[4] It was re-established in May 2021.[5] Residents of the outpost, illegal under Israeli law, [5] were to be evicted on 4 July 2021.[6]

Arrangement to vacate

After a compromise with the Israeli authorities stipulating that the outpost's structures are to remain intact and the settlers may return if the land is subsequently deemed state-owned, the residents vacated the settlement on July 2.[7] On July 8, 2021, Palestinians from nearby villages petitioned Israel's High Court of Justice to revoke this compromise on the grounds that they hold the rights to the land.[8] On July 9, 2021, Israeli forces fired on hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators protesting land confiscation at nearby Beita. The Palestine Red Crescent said 379 protesters were wounded, 31 by live ammunition.[9] On August 14, 2021, Palestinian rioters demonstrated putting up a swastika inside a burning star of David.[10]

Protest against Evyatar, September 2021

References
  1. "In just a month, illegal settler outpost sprouts up on Palestinian lands". Haaretz.
  2. Bank, Qassam Muaddi ــ West (November 10, 2021). "In Palestine's Beita, the civil resistance movement vows to keep fighting".
  3. "Israeli Minister pledges to block authorization of West Bank outpost". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. "Palestinian teenager shot dead in clash at protest". BBC News. June 11, 2021. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  5. Kingsley, Patrick; Rasgon, Adam (June 24, 2021). "Unauthorized Settlement Creates Stress Test for Israel's New Government". The New York Times. Jabal Subeih. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  6. Shezaf, Hagar (June 27, 2021). "Residents of Illegal West Bank Outpost of Evyatar Brace for Eviction". Haaretz. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  7. "Settlers vacate illegal Evyatar outpost as deal to keep it intact takes effect." The Times of Israel, July 2, 2021.
  8. "Palestinians claiming land at illegal outpost take Israel's deal with settlers to court". Haaretz.
  9. "Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians; hundreds wounded".
  10. "Rioters near Evyatar outpost put up flaming swastika". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-08-15.

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