If you read the stories of the extreme measures that had to be taken to evict these right-wing lunatics, it becomes immediately apparent what has happened to Israeli politics in general: the fringe right is in control of the entire political apparatus:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
And since some people around here are naive / ill-informed enough to believe that
instead of trying peaceful solutions to the problem between Jews and Muslims, Muslims just use violence, I thought it might be useful to show what has happened in the last seven days in Israel. Please note that -- as usual -- I limit myself to Israeli news sources, so no claim of media bias against Israel is possible here.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1124417948722
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Anti-pullout activists turn to arson
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Anonymous anti-disengagement activists tried to blow up a gas canister in Rehovot Friday morning.
What could have become a disaster was narrowly averted when firefighters arrived on the scene and put out the fire which would have caused a massive explosion, causing widespread injuries and probably deaths.
The large canister supplies cooking gas to two adjacent apartment buildings, in which some 300 people live, Israel Radio reported.
The perpetrators spray-painted anti-Sharon and anti-disengagement slogans on the premesis.
Meanwhile, in Sa-Nur in northern Samaria, five youths also resorted to attempted arson in their protests against the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip.
The five targeted a Palestinian-owned gas station in the settlement. Although they didn't manage to ignite it, they caused significant damage.
The gas station had been closed for three days by police order, out of fear that violence would erupt during the evacuation.
The Sa-Nur spokesman reported that the would-be arsonists were not from Sa-Nur. Residents of the settlement forced the youths to leave, telling them that anyone using such tactics was not welcome there.
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And:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
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Jewish terrorist kills 4 Palestinians
By DAVID RUDGE
For the second time in two weeks, a Jewish terrorist struck at innocent civilians – this time in the West Bank settlement of Shiloh, killing four Palestinian workers and wounding two others, one of them seriously.
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According to reports, the Jewish terrorist was Asher Weisgan, from Shvut Rachel, near Shiloh, who was employed as a driver, and who had taken two Palestinian workers in his vehicle to that settlement.
When he reached the scene, he apparently asked the guard there for water and, after allegedly threatening him with a knife, snatched his rifle which he used to kill the two Palestinians he had transported.
He then reportedly ran from the vehicle toward other Palestinian workers and opened fire, killing another one and wounding two more, one of them seriously, who later died of his wounds.
The suspect was reportedly overpowered by a security guard and handed over unharmed to the police and security forces.
He allegedly told investigators that he had acted to try and prevent the evacuation of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria.
The killings occurred just two weeks after AWOL soldier Eden Natan Zada gunned down four Israeli Arabs, two Christians and two Muslims, on a bus in Shfaram.
Zada was apparently detained by police who were called to the scene, but was lynched by a mob of angry demonstrators.
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And:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/614607.html
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IDF evacuates main centers of settler resistance in Gush Katif
By Amos Harel and Jonathan Lis
The Israel Defense Forces yesterday completed the evacuation of Neveh Dekalim and Kfar Darom, the two settlements with the highest number of disengagement opponents.
The final stage of withdrawing the two settlements came down to evacuating their synagogues, which took several hours. In Kfar Darom, dozens of youngsters barricaded themselves on the synagogue rooftop, and assaulted soldiers and police officers. Many police officers were injured in the clashes.
At Neveh Dekalim, nearly 1,000 people who had barricaded themselves in the synagogue emerged after lengthy talks with the security forces.
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The worst confrontation yesterday occured on the roof of the Kfar Darom synagogue. After hours of talks, police officers were hoisted by a crane onto the roof, where they were attacked by dozens of youths. About a dozen policemen had to be hospitalized after acid was thrown at them; others sustained bruises and light injuries from sticks. Police arrested dozens of teenagers.
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