Resources: Additional reference material, legal background, photos and articles:
Links to photos and map images of firing zone 918
Photos and map images by Association for Civil Rights in Israel(ACRI)
Photos of firing zone 918 by Active Stills
B‘Tselem Map of Masafer Yatta and Firing Zone 918
Photos on Flickr by nofiringzone918
Video:
Army helicopters fly very low on the village of Al Fakheit on july 8
Press Tv Report on deportation of South Hebron Hills Palestinians 08-05-13
Interstice. Life in the Firing Zone by Eduardo Soteras
The Cave Dwellers by Ruben Salvadori
Fact Sheets and background
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) Fact Sheet
B’tselem’s report about Firing Zone 918′s historical and legal events since its birth until 2004: “Means of Expulsion: Violence, Harassment and Lawlessness against Palestinians”
Report by OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs) The Humanitarian Impact of Israeli Declared Firing zones in the West Bank http://snipurl.com/263rrrp
Legal Documents
Defense Ministry submission to the Israeli High Court of Justice: the State Attorney submission to the Court
Expert Opinion: Limits of the right of expropriation (requisition) and of movement restrictions in occupied territory submitted by Michael Bothe Dr.jur., Professor emeritus of international law, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
Links to recently published articles on Firing Zone 918:
Haaretz: HAARETZ: Israel’s military advocate: IDF training inside Palestinian villages is legal November 6, 2013
Haaretz: A lesson in cowardice at the IDF’s firing zone 918, Amira Haas, September 10, 2013
The Guardian: israel authors campaign to save west bank villagers July 25, 2013
Haaretz : When a Palestinian home isn’t really a home (20 February 2013)
The Telegraph | Cave-dwelling Palestinian farmers facing eviction from homes
Haaretz : A Toxic Attachment
New York Times | Israel Seeks Army Use of West Bank Area (23 July 2012)
Haaretz : Israel orders demolition of 8 Palestinian villages, claims need for IDF training land(23 July 2012)
Haaretz:: The IDF battles a Palestinian Shepherd and his Two Baby Goats Amira Haas, 4 March 2013
+972 Blog: Firing Zone: a Primer, published in +972 Blog by Eyal Raz (August, 2012)
ACRI: IDF Training in Firing Zone 918 Despite Injunction Order, ACRI,( February 28, 2013)
ACR:I Firing Zone 918 What’s the Deal? (March 7, 2013)
Ha’aretz: Israel dismantles Arab tent communities in West Bank, leaving residents to face the elements By Amira Hass
Websites of organizations working to prevent forced evacuation of Masafer Yatta
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee
Operation Dove
ISM – International Solidarity Movement
CPT – Christian Peacemakers Team
Ta’ayush
AIC – Alternative Information Center
Comet-ME