An American-born rabbi went on trial for blocking Israeli bulldozers that were demolishing Palestinian homes. Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights Israel does not deny that he blocked the bulldozers, which were demolishing illegally built homes, but he says it was his obligation to stop what he views as an illegal policy.
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