I’m a little late off the mark on this one, but being so close, I could hardly let it pass without note.

As I’m sure many of you already know, Benjamin Netenyahu over the weekend ordered the eviction and mass arrest of Palestinian and international protestors from the area that the Israeli Military call E1. The protestors had set up camp on Friday – January 11 – in a small but immensely significant piece of land just to the east of Jerusalem. The establishment of the camp at what Palestinians call Bab el Shams had a simple aim: to bring attention to Israel’s plans to illegally build a settlement on this (and other) Palestinian land. The Israeli High Court had issued an order which prohibited the military from taking any action – pending further investigation of the facts – but (and it is unclear how) the order was overturned and within 48…