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Settlers: Raid on Palestinian homes was healthy, necessary act
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, Rampage, Settler 

A number of West Bank settlers have expressed satisfaction with their neighbors' rampage Saturday in a Palestinian village, calling the act "necessary" and "healthy".

"The response at the village was a healthy and good reflex. The absence of these reflexes would show that something was faulty," said Rivka Ben Ya'akov, resident of an outpost near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.

Settlers from Yitzhar rampaged through the village of Asira al-Kabiliya after a Palestinian man stabbed a 9-year-old boy at Ben Ya'akov's outpost, Shalhevet Yam.
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Revital Ofen, a neighbor of Ben Ya'akov's, fought with the Palestinian infiltrator as he attempted to break into her home, after he had attacked the boy.

She told Haaretz on Sunday: "It wasn't exactly our preferred way of spending the Sabbath, but it was what needed to be done."

Ofen added that, "We, the residents of the Shalhevet neighborhood were those who called out to the men, the women and children of Yithar to go down to the village from where the terrorist came to kill us. We initiated this and requested they do it, and I identify with the protest in the village."

One of the youths involved in what a military official called "wild rioting" defended his actions.

"The most painful response for Arabs is that Yitzhar is spreading out and growing. This is exactly what we are trying to do - people in Israel, especially because of the media, forget that this is an enemy who wants to kill us. We understand that here," he said.
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  1.   Settlers Are The Danger 11:23  |  Moshe 15/09/08
  2.   It`s sad that they have to do that 11:30  |  Chana 15/09/08
  3.   to Moshe no 1. 11:46  |  Danny 15/09/08
  4.   Why not mention all the news? 11:55  |  sam 15/09/08
  5.   The facts ? the truth. 11:56  |  Jean Van Daem 15/09/08
  6.   #1 moshe post from the tel aviv settlement and 12:11  |  v.hardman 15/09/08
  7.   #1 - So leave them alone 12:13  |  Ephi 15/09/08
  8.   ISN`T IDF ENOUGH? 12:14  |  Dunn 15/09/08
  9.   Settlers: Raid on Palestinian homes 12:18  |  Marlene 15/09/08
  10.   Silly response 12:24  |  Marv 15/09/08
  11.   What a dangerously sick society... 12:36  |  kiwi girl 15/09/08
  12.   Moshe #1 12:37  |  MC 15/09/08
  13.   Vigilantes 12:47  |  Kevin Anderson 15/09/08
  14.   to Moshe #1 12:51  |  er 15/09/08
  15.   well said #1 12:54  |  Northern 15/09/08
  16.   To Moshe 12:55  |  Giora 15/09/08
  17.   Arabs have to learn `Who`s Boss`...... 13:08  |  Natasha 15/09/08
  18.   Let us trace the history of this 13:11  |  Jackie 15/09/08
  19.   Expell ArabPals , This will lower down tensions . 13:15  |  Joseph.E 15/09/08
  20.   Absence of reflexes 13:15  |  LK 15/09/08
  21.   the Maccabi`s 13:26  |  ecr 15/09/08
  22.   Moshe 13:31  |  Abraham 15/09/08
  23.   Leftists Are The Danger 13:35  |  Eliezar 15/09/08
  24.   1 # To moshe 13:36  |  Sanders 15/09/08
  25.   Nope You Settlers Are Out 13:37  |  Yosemite 15/09/08
  26.   Settlers from Shenkin Str. obfuscate attack on child,decry 13:41  |  Absolute Sweden 15/09/08
  27.   The settlers should go to hell 13:42  |  Danny 15/09/08
  28.   Quite so 13:46  |  Charlie 15/09/08
  29.   Stoking the fires 13:54  |  Fahmi Natour 15/09/08
  30.   Now we have our own cossacks 13:57  |  Tzfonit 15/09/08
  31.   They are Jewish Terrorist Swine 14:06  |  POP 15/09/08
  32.   As a Jew within the so called "green line" ... 14:13  |  Jew 15/09/08
  33.   You are right Moshe! 14:14  |  Jewish Palestinian 15/09/08
  34.   Arabs Presence in Israel is liable to lead to subversion , 14:16  |  Joseph.E 15/09/08
  35.   Israeli Response to terror, stabbing a nine year old boy. 14:16  |  Petra 15/09/08
  36.   They`ll end up like Gen.Custer 14:21  |  salomon 15/09/08
  37.   Yosemite,you left meekly Poland,not your country,settlers are at 14:36  |  Absolute Sweden 15/09/08
  38.   to Jackie 14:42  |  Dawood 15/09/08
  39.   Petra you are right!! 14:48  |  lady from USA 15/09/08
  40.   MY, GOD, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE IS THIS? 14:56  |  indrajaya 15/09/08
  41.   Jackie, what your history does not take into account 15:18  |  Tzfonit 15/09/08
  42.   the settlers are the symbol of occupation 15:22  |  hila 15/09/08
  43.   What would you do? Why is It that Arab stabber not condemmeed? 15:42  |  DB 15/09/08
  44.   Shame on the settlers 15:50  |  George Vulkan 15/09/08
  45.   Palestinians are dangerous. they want to kill Jewish people 15:58  |  Dagma 15/09/08
  46.   #32 16:04  |  Northern 15/09/08
  47.   Palestinians make settlers look like amateurs 16:10  |  Joe Sittizen 15/09/08
  48.   Is terror also a healthy response 16:14  |  Dave Duncan 15/09/08
  49.   "To the victor go the spoils" 16:18  |  spyguy 15/09/08
  50.   Absolute Sweden 16:21  |  Yosemite 15/09/08
  51.   WHEN GREED AWAKENS WISDOM GOES TO SLEEP. 16:24  |  Dolly 15/09/08
  52.   #17 Natasha - Are you going to feel the same 16:25  |  spyguy 15/09/08
  53.   WHY does Israel have this problem? 16:33  |  Alicia 15/09/08
  54.   #19 So, Joseph.E are you going to be 16:34  |  spyguy 15/09/08
  55.   Fahmi I agree with you. 16:58  |  Jane 15/09/08
  56.   What the fuss about? Is an natural response, defending themselves 17:26  |  JP 15/09/08
  57.   Sequence of events 17:42  |  * BEN JABO 15/09/08
  58.   Why did the desecrate Shabbat by painting on walls? 18:24  |  Yosef 15/09/08
  59.   wow 19:02  |  rm 15/09/08
  60.   Alicia your joking right? 19:56  |  Dave Duncan 15/09/08
  61.   #58 Yosef, only painting desecrates Shabbat? 21:00  |  observer 15/09/08
  62.   #40 indrajaya 21:35  |  Adrian de Klerk 15/09/08
  63.   settlers are the problem ... 22:15  |  steve dill 15/09/08
  64.   A Gvnt like Kadima needs not only to be watched but needs 11:14  |  Akram Zekaria 16/09/08
  65.   These settlers are classic anti-semites 15:54  |  Disgusted Settler 16/09/08
  66.   Hooray for the Settlers! 18:35  |  calvin 17/09/08
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