Israeli army returns to Bab al-Karameh

 A number of Israeli army jeeps arrived Sunday at the newly established tent village, Bab al-Karameh, built on Beit Iksa land west of Jerusalem, and informed the activists on a vigil there since Friday that building was illegal, according to one of the activists. Nabil Hebabeh, coordinator of the anti-wall, anti-settlements committee in area villages, said the soldiers photographed the activists and the mosque they had built of brick and told them that it was illegal to build on that land without a permit. However, the activists rejected the order and refused to cooperate with the soldiers. The Israeli army had closed off all roads that lead to the village and set up road blocks on entrances to Beit Iksa since the tent village was set up on Friday to prevent more activists from arriving there. Bab al-Karameh is the second tent village Palestinian activists opposed to Israeli settlement policy had set up on West Bank land Israel intends to seize to build settlements on. The first one was Bab al-Shams, built two weeks ago on a plot referred to as E1, east of Jerusalem, where Israel intends to build a large settlement.