Israel’s High Court of Justice overturned the court-martial of a soldier who urged comrades not to evacuate a West Bank settlement outpost. Yosef Filant, an off-duty sergeant who openly identifies with the religious right wing in Israel, barricaded himself in a building at the Mitzpe Yitzhar outpost while it was being removed last week.
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