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Yitzhar settlers' West Bank rampage caught on camera
By Haaretz Service
Tags: settlers, Palestinian 

Channel 10 aired footage on Sunday that showed West Bank settlers rampaging through a Palestinian village on the previous day.

The footage, obtained from Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, shows Israel Defense Forces soldiers consistently present at the scene of the rampage, during which settlers fired on Palestinian residents, destroyed their property and spray-painted Stars of David on homes.
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The settlers were responding Saturday to the stabbing of a 10-year-old Israeli boy by a Palestinian at the illegal outpost of Shalhevet Yam near Yitzhar.

Also Sunday, dozens of youths from the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar on Sunday established an outpost near the Palestinian village that settlers had rampaged in Saturday.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared earlier in the day that Israel's government will not allow settlers to carry out "pogroms against non-Jews."

Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting one day after the rampage in the village of Assira al-Kabaliya, Olmert said "there will not be pogroms against non-Jews in the state of Israel."

The violence in Assira al-Kabaliya left at least eight Palestinians hurt. The boy, stabbed in the back and the hand, sustained minor wounds.

"The phenomenon of [settlers] taking the law into their own hands and lashing out with violence and brutality is unforgivable, and will be dealt with by the law enforcement authorities," Olmert said.

The prime minister went on to describe the previous day's events, saying "in northern Samaria there was a terror attack, and a young boy was hurt. This is serious and momentous and the defense forces will find the culprit and do what needs to be done, as they do every day. However, Yitzhar settlers went on a retaliatory rampage against Palestinian residents, using live fire."

Olmert went on to say that there was no reason to believe that the Palestinians targeted by the settlers had any connection to the stabbing attack earlier in the day.

"There are law enforcement authorities in the state of Israel," Olmert told the cabinet, "we have a military and security services and we won't allow this kind of violence or brutal attacks on civilians. Moreover, the violence is not used against those suspected of terrorism, it is used against Israel Defense Forces officers and soldiers. I urge the authorities to take measures to end this grave phenomenon."

In a meeting of Labor Party ministers earlier Sunday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak sais that "the defense establishment will act with decisiveness to enforce law and order in the West Bank, but we need the cooperation of the police and the legal system."
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  1.   We Won`t let Terrorists Get Away With Murder 12:24  |  Yishai Kohen 14/09/08
  2.   What is Legitmate? 12:35  |  Paul 14/09/08
  3.   Lame duck 12:37  |  Hans 14/09/08
  4.   It has nothing to do with "non-Jews"- only Arab terrorists 12:38  |  Dani 14/09/08
  5.   Isn`t it ironic that the only Israeli leader....... 12:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  6.   # you add the word "terrorist" to justify your own terror and 12:55  |  American 14/09/08
  7.   Settlers go back to Israeli soil 12:56  |  Aaron 14/09/08
  8.   WHAT IS THIS GUY SAYING!!!! 13:19  |  Ben 14/09/08
  9.   To # 1 13:23  |  Jan 14/09/08
  10.   Pogrom against Sderot is O.K. with Olmert 13:35  |  * BEN JABO 14/09/08
  11.   and what followed the POGROM? 13:39  |  amihai 14/09/08
  12.   vandalism is not a "pogrom" 14:00  |  JB 14/09/08
  13.   No one in the government has the guts 14:00  |  spyguy 14/09/08
  14.   Olmert`s pogrom 14:07  |  Brod 14/09/08
  15.   OLMERT : GO TO JAIL FOR LONG TIME !!! 14:08  |  ISRAELI 14/09/08
  16.   and the stabbing is just business as usual! 14:08  |  Avi 14/09/08
  17.   Swiss Dino - You can keep Olmert for yourself 14:10  |  Avi 14/09/08
  18.   #5 swiss 14:15  |  duncan 14/09/08
  19.   Dino: why write in Haaretz when you can fight for the enemy? 14:21  |  Avi 14/09/08
  20.   Israeli occupation = South African apartheid 14:23  |  Greg 14/09/08
  21.   Olmert 100% correct. Pogroms spread hate not justice 14:28  |  Ivar 14/09/08
  22.   Y. Cohen admits to being a bloody vigilante, should be locked up 14:30  |  Ivar 14/09/08
  23.   Olmert seems to forget who he will be on Thursday .. 14:32  |  redmike 14/09/08
  24.   olmert desperation is showing 14:51  |  Arie 14/09/08
  25.   #19 avi 14:53  |  duncan 14/09/08
  26.   Am I the only one.. 15:13  |  rm 14/09/08
  27.   Reminder (to Swiss (Dino)) 15:13  |  Israeli citizen 14/09/08
  28.   @duncan 15:19  |  Greg 14/09/08
  29.   # 1 to yishai kohen re: your settlers 15:24  |  eric 14/09/08
  30.   He was cut on the back of the hand 15:35  |  POP 14/09/08
  31.   # 19 Avi, don`t worry, I only try to show you a way..... 16:00  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  32.   # 25 duncan 16:08  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  33.   Empty words 16:20  |  JP 14/09/08
  34.   Action as well as words 16:36  |  Leon 14/09/08
  35.   yishai kohen 1 16:47  |  potobac 14/09/08
  36.   And what about settler pogroms against Jews....? 16:51  |  Esther 14/09/08
  37.   RETALLIATION 16:51  |  Sigal Shadmi 14/09/08
  38.   ILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT 16:56  |  bill 14/09/08
  39.   Yishai #1 17:00  |  Esther 14/09/08
  40.   Blah Blah Blah 17:07  |  Danite 14/09/08
  41.   olmert`s pogroms ok? all on video:amona beatings 17:28  |  yahn goodey 14/09/08
  42.   #26 greg 17:34  |  duncan 14/09/08
  43.   # 5, SWISS (DINO) 17:36  |  indrajaya 14/09/08
  44.   #29 is swiss dino backtracking 17:37  |  duncan 14/09/08
  45.   To #1 et. al., (Justifying Vigilantism) 17:37  |  noded 14/09/08
  46.   #25 swiss dino crime vs mistake 17:40  |  duncan 14/09/08
  47.   # 2 paul 17:52  |  Axel 14/09/08
  48.   statement long time coming!!! 17:55  |  Rob of melbourne 14/09/08
  49.   If only 17:59  |  English Resident 14/09/08
  50.   # 43 indrajaya (2nd try) 18:11  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  51.   # 44 # 46 duncan 18:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  52.   A realistic option 18:22  |  Jean Van Daem 14/09/08
  53.   Greg 18:31  |  x-ray 14/09/08
  54.   the obvious 18:53  |  Bronxite10 14/09/08
  55.   9 year old stabbed- don`t forget that part 18:58  |  paul 14/09/08
  56.   #swiss dino, swiss history what was known and when 19:00  |  duncan 14/09/08
  57.   Where was everybody all along ? 19:09  |  David 14/09/08
  58.   American, I endourse your words 19:13  |  Luiz Felipe Haddad 14/09/08
  59.   # 55 duncan, why are you shifting away from the.... 19:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  60.   The right answer 19:55  |  Dave Duncan 14/09/08
  61.   no one is forgetting a nine year old was stabbed 20:12  |  newageblues 14/09/08
  62.   #1 Settler terrorists 20:18  |  Janice 14/09/08
  63.   To # 1 Yishai Kohen 20:20  |  Eli 14/09/08
  64.   Settlers need to learn some Moderation 20:52  |  Awake 14/09/08
  65.   pogroms not ok, but putting up an illigal outpost is? 21:05  |  rm 14/09/08
  66.   Esther 22:15  |  Sigal Shadmi 14/09/08
  67.   So what will our fading governmet decide to do... 22:15  |  Esther 14/09/08
  68.   #64 where exactly in israel can you put up an illegal outpost? 22:38  |  v.hardman 14/09/08
  69.   Ungodly lot... 22:45  |  Maureen Ann 14/09/08
  70.   olmert you are rong 22:50  |  moché 14/09/08
  71.   where was betselem when the jewish child was stabbed? 22:57  |  moché 14/09/08
  72.   #65 maureen 23:05  |  duncan 14/09/08
  73.   a word in their defense... 23:22  |  eric 14/09/08
  74.   Danite #40 23:44  |  Sigal Shadmi 14/09/08
  75.   Here`s a positive story from Jerusalem. 00:27  |  Maureen Ann 15/09/08
  76.   You, Spyguy, like 300 million arabs, have a right to dream.. 00:52  |  Freethinker 15/09/08
  77.   Mob Logic 00:57  |  Yosemite 15/09/08
  78.   If you don`t feel safe, then leave 00:58  |  Jew frmArabland 15/09/08
  79.   The guys are on tape 01:09  |  Lynn 15/09/08
  80.   To #55. 9 year ol stabbed ? and so what ? 01:27  |  ben 15/09/08
  81.   Yes, Apartheid Greg 01:39  |  Susan 15/09/08
  82.   Maureen Ann-#65-Do you even care? 02:05  |  Daniel Leopold 15/09/08
  83.   #56 ducan 02:08  |  wh 15/09/08
  84.   Maureen Ann passing judgement or is gas... 02:03  |  Connie 15/09/08
  85.   outrageous rampage by savages 02:23  |  Edithann, USA 15/09/08
  86.   What would you do if your nine year old child was stabbed? 02:32  |  Chaim 15/09/08
  87.   Yishai Kohen 02:43  |  Michael 15/09/08
  88.   DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL 02:52  |  VIPER 15/09/08
  89.   #5, SWISS (DINO), why do you think he`s being ousted? 02:56  |  VIPER 15/09/08
  90.   #56, DUNCAN, lest we forget 03:06  |  VIPER 15/09/08
  91.   No cameras for 9 year old stabbed??? 03:17  |  judith 15/09/08
  92.   American - have you forgoten? 03:26  |  docD 15/09/08
  93.   DEFENSE YES - VIGILANTY ATTTACKS NO 03:31  |  docD 15/09/08
  94.   #76 Daniel Leopold. Wake up! 04:06  |  Maureen Ann 15/09/08
  95.   #53 X-ray 04:20  |  Johnboy 15/09/08
  96.   #55 Paul seems to applaud pogroms 04:32  |  Johnboy 15/09/08
  97.   Yishai Cohen is right because 04:48  |  Meir Weinstein 15/09/08
  98.   meir weinstein 91 05:19  |  potobac 15/09/08
  99.   potobac, here is the answer you waited for 06:42  |  Meir Weinstein 15/09/08
  100.   Be jew and not an animal.... 08:26  |  Alberto Pinto 15/09/08
  101.   Frustration 09:13  |  Susan 15/09/08
  102.   WELL DONE, SETTLERS 09:35  |  indrajaya 15/09/08
  103.   The facts ? the truth. 10:28  |  Jean Van Daem 15/09/08
  104.   Yitzhar settlers are monsters 10:35  |  John 15/09/08
  105.   meir weinstein 99 10:48  |  potobac 15/09/08
  106.   susan 101 10:53  |  potobac 15/09/08
  107.   propoganda 10:53  |  Manni 15/09/08
  108.   PM Olmert proves 2B a real Statesman, pity though 12:33  |  Ari 15/09/08
  109.   #95 johnboy 12:44  |  duncan 15/09/08
  110.   #59 swiss 12:48  |  duncan 15/09/08
  111.   nothing new 13:08  |  dani.a 15/09/08
  112.   The Correct Action 14:46  |  Frances 15/09/08
  113.   to #112 - DEFENSE - that`s the 16:29  |  Chaya 15/09/08
  114.   #62 Janice 18:47  |  * BEN JABO 15/09/08
  115.   We should have been so lucky 19:57  |  Scharker Yid 15/09/08
  116.   #96 johnboy on accurate moral comparisons 20:07  |  duncan 15/09/08
  117.   114 - Ben`s ongoing cyclopean viewpoint 21:33  |  ragged soul 15/09/08
  118.   # 89 VIPER 22:22  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/09/08
  119.   # 110 duncan 22:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/09/08
  120.   #119 swiss, was churchill`s speeches never reported in swiss pape 23:08  |  duncan 15/09/08
  121.   #118 swiss, the eu are gutless 23:22  |  duncan 15/09/08
  122.   viper 23:26  |  duncan 15/09/08
  123.   #117 3RD TRY Ragged Soul 06:55  |  * BEN JABO 16/09/08
  124.   1 14:40  |  1 16/09/08
  125.   Free Palestine 16:12  |  Frances 16/09/08
  126.   #84, Connie.... 17:18  |  Silvienne 16/09/08
  127.   #86, Chaim, please read Johnboy`s post #96 !! 17:19  |  Silvienne 16/09/08
  128.   Look at the settlers carrying M16s on the video! 17:27  |  Silvienne 16/09/08
  129.   #125 Frances - Illegal immigrants are Arabs 17:35  |  * BEN JABO 16/09/08
  130.   #128 Silvienne - M 16`s for self defense 18:08  |  * BEN JABO 16/09/08
  131.   that`s funny? i don`t see any self-defense going on 21:08  |  eric 16/09/08
  132.   #130, Ben Jabo... 00:26  |  Silvienne 17/09/08
  133.   #132 Silvienne - I`ll make it easy for you 02:55  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  134.   #131 Eric - I agree - You are odd 03:00  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  135.   # 134 to ben jabo re: his simple response 09:28  |  eric 17/09/08
  136.   #133, Ben Jabo...it needs to be... 17:10  |  Silvienne 17/09/08
  137.   #134, Ben to eric, but here`s the thing... 17:16  |  Silvienne 17/09/08
  138.   #135 eric - here we go again 18:04  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  139.   #136 Silvienne - Here`s real thing 18:13  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  140.   ben jabo, safe in the embrace of the censors 19:27  |  ragged soul 17/09/08
  141.   #140 Ragged Soul 06:00  |  * BEN JABO 18/09/08
  142.   # 138 oh i`ve posted them many times, ben (2nd try) 07:35  |  eric 18/09/08
  143.   # 137 to silvienne re: idf defense of settlers 07:51  |  eric 18/09/08
  144.   #143 Silvienne - 16:36  |  * BEN JABO 18/09/08
  145.   #144, Ben Jabo... 18:03  |  Silvienne 18/09/08
  146.   #143, eric... 18:07  |  Silvienne 18/09/08
  147.   #145 Silvienne - Your suggestions would 18:29  |  * BEN JABO 18/09/08
  148.   #147, Ben Jabo... 20:50  |  Silvienne 18/09/08
  149.   # 146 to silvienne re: the idf 07:37  |  eric 19/09/08
  150.   #142 2ND TRY Eric - Posted them many times? 08:47  |  * BEN JABO 19/09/08
  151.   #149 Silvienne 18:42  |  * BEN JABO 19/09/08
  152.   Completely Understandable Reaction 11:32  |  Baruch Gold 20/09/08
  153.   RE:Yitzhar settlers` West Bank rampage caught on camera 21:00  |  Betty 20/09/08
  154.   #153 Betty - The settlers were caught on camera 20:25  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/08
  155.   #153, Betty from Arlington--the Double Standard 17:50  |  Silvienne 22/09/08
  156.   #155 Silvienne - You REFUSE to see 00:59  |  * BEN JABO 23/09/08
  157.   Settler`sRampage 16:30  |  Fred Goepfert 23/09/08
  158.   #156, Ben Jabo... 16:51  |  Silvienne 23/09/08
  159.   #158 Silvienne - You still don`t get it 16:38  |  * BEN JABO 24/09/08
  160.   #159, Ben Jabo... 16:48  |  Silvienne 24/09/08
  161.   #160 Silvienne - that website 06:13  |  * BEN JABO 25/09/08
  162.   #160 -3 Silveinne 06:21  |  * BEN JABO 25/09/08
  163.   #162, Ben Jabo... 16:49  |  Silvienne 25/09/08
  164.   Silvienne - Listen & Learn 17:38  |  * BEN JABO 25/09/08
  165.   #164-2 Silvienne - If you saw the video`s 03:32  |  * BEN JABO 27/09/08
  166.   Ben Jabo #153 05:01  |  jake 12/10/08
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