Gili Yaari - Photojournalist

Palestinian construction workers in a large construction site in Beit Arye, where a new neighborhood is planned to be build, are leaving work at the middle of the day after inspectors hand out a warrant to the site manger to stop construction in the site. Inspectors accompanied by Israeli border police arrived on Wednesday, December 02 to the settlement Beit Arye to hand out warrants to stop new housing construction. Residents of Beit Arye, headed by the head of the local council Avi Naim who was arrested, confronted the forces. PM announced a few days ago that Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for the following 10 months. November 30, 2009. Photo by Gili Yaari