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Israeli rightist wounds soldier guarding Palestinian farmers
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Olive Harvest, IDF 

A right-wing activist on Wednesday lightly wounded an Israel Defense Forces soldier protecting Palestinian olive harvesters near the West Bank settlement of Otniel.

The incident occurred as twelve masked rightists, armed with clubs, scuffled with IDF soldiers deployed to guard the Palestinians. The rightists subsequently fled the scene, after which police embarked on a search for them.

The current olive harvest has been marked with other violent incidents. On Saturday, witnesses and Reuters crew said that Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinians and others helping them pick olives in the West Bank town of Hebron.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad on Wednesday issued a harsh condemnation of the attacks by settlers, calling them "terrorism."

"The settlers being here in itself is illegitimate. And on top of that they engage in acts of violence against our citizens, particularly at this time of year when they pick olives, with all that the olive tree signifies to our people," Fayyad told Reuters.

"This is nothing short of terrorism by the settlers."

Fayyad said the olive tree was not only a source of income for most Palestinians, but more importantly a "symbol of the determination of the Palestinian people to stay on their land and to preserve and defend it".

Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Army Radio on Monday that the army was deploying with "supreme effort" to allow the harvest to take place.

On Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged his people to plant a million trees across the West Bank in response to the clashes.

Abbas said the violence was a "dangerous Israeli escalation" and urged the international community to intervene.

Also on Wednesday, Modi'in Police arrested 29 West Bank settlers who were protesting outside the home of GOC Central Command Gadi Shamni.

The protesters were detained for allegedly disturbing the peace. Several protesters who refused to identify themselves to the police were arrested and brought to court.

Others who were released returned later to the scene of the protest and subsequently take to court in Ramle.

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      1.   IDF is just as mad as right wing settlers. 13:58  |  Dutch Dirk 22/10/08
      2.   wounds soldier 14:09  |  michael 22/10/08
      3.   Why wasn`t he shot? 14:09  |  David Teich 22/10/08
      4.   Why are the Violent Arab Na`alin riots never given this headline? 14:32  |  Dani 22/10/08
      5.   What do you call a settler attacking a soldier? 14:44  |  Esther 22/10/08
      6.   Maybe this is a criminal offense and better served by 14:53  |  lily 22/10/08
      7.   Palestinians just as mad as Dutch Dork 14:56  |  Joe Sittizen 22/10/08
      8.   Why wasn`t he shot? 15:06  |  Chris Linthwaite 22/10/08
      9.   "right wing" attacks 15:11  |  Dan 22/10/08
      10.   # 8 dan 15:24  |  Axel 22/10/08
      11.   Chris Linthwaite 15:33  |  lady from USA 22/10/08
      12.   Dan 15:35  |  lady from USA 22/10/08
      13.   A very small taste of the future 15:47  |  Natallie Durson 22/10/08
      14.   #8, Chris Linthwaite... 16:01  |  Silvienne 22/10/08
      15.   #3, David Teich, well said! we agree for once... 16:03  |  Silvienne 22/10/08
      16.   #1 Dutch smirk did you even read the article? 16:09  |  Big Sur 22/10/08
      17.   yeah, sure, Dan 16:14  |  newageblues 22/10/08
      18.   #10 16:22  |  crotch rot 22/10/08
      19.   This is discussion is like waiting for bloodbath 16:31  |  lily 22/10/08
      20.   If they were MASKED then how do you know that they were"rightist" 16:36  |  HAARETZ=TERROR NEWS 22/10/08
      21.   The Settlers own the land 16:51  |  lady from USA 22/10/08
      22.   Anarchist provocators dressed as masked r-wingers? 17:15  |  Chaya 22/10/08
      23.   Why shoot? 17:57  |  Canderra 22/10/08
      24.   Biog Sur #16 18:22  |  American in NY 22/10/08
      25.   No connection whatever to Esther #5....... 19:21  |  Esther 22/10/08
      26.   #18 19:34  |  Tug 22/10/08
      27.   Only cowards wear masks 21:12  |  Rob 22/10/08
      28.   Wrong priorities 21:46  |  Brod 22/10/08
      29.   lady from USA advocates permanent war between Muslims and Jews 21:49  |  newageblues 22/10/08
      30.   Hezbollah strategy 22:44  |  W 22/10/08
      31.   Lady USA 22:58  |  Mohammed 22/10/08
      32.   blind leading the blind 23:18  |  leokam 22/10/08
      33.   masked arabs NOT jews wear masks as jews protest! 23:59  |  sam 22/10/08
      34.   sam 33 00:44  |  potobac 23/10/08
      35.   #33 sam: Masked Arabs? IDF would shoot them immediately 01:20  |  Observer 23/10/08
      36.   #20: Rightists? Yes, because no shots were fired 01:26  |  Observer 23/10/08
      37.   Who owns the land? 03:02  |  Ann Fink 23/10/08
      38.   I feel sorry for the IDF recruits 06:04  |  spyguy 23/10/08
      39.   Hmmmmm 09:01  |  Johnboy 23/10/08
      40.   #11 Lady from the USA doesn`t see Chris` point 09:15  |  Johnboy 23/10/08
      41.   Johnboy defending lightweight 09:33  |  x-ray 23/10/08
      42.   Mohammed 12:42  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      43.   @ Lady 15:52  |  Steve J 23/10/08
      44.   #27, Rob from Ottawa...good post 16:18  |  Silvienne 23/10/08
      45.   #27, Rob from Ottawa...good post 16:18  |  Silvienne 23/10/08
      46.   #42, lady from USA, I don`t think... 16:20  |  Silvienne 23/10/08
      47.   Not so lady like 16:41  |  Mohammed 23/10/08
      48.   Unfortunately Silvienne 18:49  |  Mohammed 23/10/08
      49.   #48, Mohammed, you are so right!! 21:10  |  Silvienne 23/10/08
      50.   #41 Well, gosh, x-ray.... 02:11  |  Johnboy 24/10/08
      51.   15: No, Silvienne, we don`t 13:36  |  David Teich 24/10/08
      52.   8: Chris got the subject line right, but the body wrong 13:40  |  David Teich 24/10/08
      53.   #51, David Teich... 02:38  |  Silvienne 26/10/08
      54.   53: Silvienne proves my point yet again 16:13  |  David Teich 26/10/08
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