WEST BANK
RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS
Ofra, West Bank— Protesters appeared by the hundreds, standing on the rooftops and blocking the streets, after an Israeli court ruled that eight homes in this Jewish settlement had been built on Palestinian land and needed to be evacuated. The families agreed to leave after speaking to the authorities, but the protesters—like this one being dragged by a border policeman on February 28—continued to demonstrate against the move, forming circles and singing religious songs over loudspeakers. Weeks before, similar protests turned violent near Ramallah, as settlers threw rocks and set fires to stop Israeli security forces.