Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories

A sidebar in the July 30, 2002, edition of the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv reported, "Tal  Benjamin, a military outpost established next to Ofra eighteen months ago after the murders by Palestinian gunmen of Benjamin and Talia Kahane [the son of Meir Kahane and his wife], has been transformed into a civilian location. This week [Minister of  Defense Benjamin Ben Eliezer] decided to respond positively to the settlers' request to civilianize the outpost."