A masked Palestinian youth kicks a burning tyre in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 3, 2008 during a protest against the occupation of a disputed house by Jewish settlers. Israeli settlers and supporters prepared to battle a forceful eviction today after Israel declared a closed military area around the house, occupied in defiance of a court order. The settlers insist they have not only a God-given right to all of the biblical land of Israel, but that they are also legally in the house that a Jewish-American businessman claims he bought so more Jews can live in Hebron. The original Palestinian owner denies selling it, and the High Court has ordered the settlers out until ownership can be determined. Getty Images logo Getty Images 14 months ago

A masked Palestinian youth kicks a burning tyre in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 3, 2008 during a protest against the occupation of a disputed house by Jewish settlers. Israeli settlers and supporters prepared to battle a forceful eviction today after Israel declared a closed military area around the house, occupied in defiance of a court order. The settlers insist they have not only a God-given right to all of the biblical land of Israel, but that they are also legally in the house that a Jewish-American businessman claims he bought so more Jews can live in Hebron. The original Palestinian owner denies selling it, and the High Court has ordered the settlers out until ownership can be determined.

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