Shea Levin — text status

Large Border Police and Civil Administration forces, backed by heavy machinery, descended on Kfar Tarpon in the Binyamin region at 3:00 a.m. on Thursday and demolished three homes used by the Jewish residents, near the town of Ateret. They also tore down the sheep pen, chicken coop and dining hall, and confiscated two vehicles. Residents said the demolition followed a High Court petition by Arabs who had moved onto a nearby archaeological site, and blasted the Defense Ministry and Civil Administration for failing to fight the petition and then carrying out a brutal overnight demolition.