Mobile homes were removed from Mitzpe Cramim, a Jewish settlement on the West Bank that is one of 12 slated for evacuation under a deal reached last month between the Israeli government and Jewish settler leaders. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak extended a deadline for settler leaders to dismantle the remaining outposts in a bid to avoid a showdown with settlers in a forced eviction. Over the weekend, about 200 people gathered at another West Bank outpost and vowed not to leave.
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