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Defeat settler terror
By Haaretz Editorial
Tags: West Bank, settlers 

The unrestrained rampages by the settlers, and the insults they heaped on soldiers and policemen who participated in yesterday's evacuation of the "Federman Farm" near Kiryat Arba, reveal the lawless and dangerous nature of the settlers' rejectionist front.

The violent behavior of the evacuation's opponents and the content of their curses cannot be called anything but terrorism, in the literal sense of the word: sowing fear and intimidation. It is hard to think of any other population group in Israel - Jewish or, especially, Arab - that could dare to attack the law enforcement agencies and the Israel Defense Forces in this fashion without being severely punished. Admittedly, Israeli society has become accustomed to giving lawbreaking settlers special treatment. But during this evacuation, they crossed even their own previous bounds of lawlessness.

Inter alia, opponents of the evacuation called for "revenge attacks" against the security forces; told IDF soldiers that "you should all be defeated by your enemies, you should all become [kidnapped soldier] Gilad Shalit, you should all be killed, you should all be slaughtered, because that's what you deserve"; and set a "price tag" for the evacuation in the form of assaults on IDF and Palestinian property. They damaged the electronic fence that surrounds Kiryat Arba, threw stones at soldiers and Palestinians who live in the area, wounded two border policemen and vandalized their cars, and even destroyed graves in the nearby Muslim cemetery.
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As expected, the leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements responded with feigned and hypocritical shock. Granted, they termed the settlers' statements "extremely grave slander that should be utterly condemned." But then, of course, they added that these statements "were made by hooligans" (as if Itamar Ben Gvir and Noam Federman were not the darlings of the settler ideology), and even whined and threatened that "this does nothing to lessen the severity of the government's actions in Hebron, including evacuating a farm where Jews have lived for two years and bringing Palestinian policemen into the city."

In essence, this is an expression of open support for the scandalous statements made by the "hooligans" - that the IDF has become an army "that protects Hamas, the Ishmael Defense Forces." There is no doubt that now, all the cards are on the table. It is clear to everyone that the Yesha Council, which in any case is considered too moderate and wishy-washy by the hilltop youth and their fans, has also long since turned its back on national responsibility, and that in its eyes, the law enforcement agencies are legitimate only as long as they serve the council's goals.

Nevertheless, it seems as if this time, the government has finally understood the magnitude of the threat embodied by these crude statements and equally crude acts of violence. Now, when it is completely clear that the mainstream settlers have been dragged in the wake of this wave of lawlessness, the government must continue evacuating the illegal outposts resolutely and forcefully. Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who promised to evacuate 57 outposts like the "Federman Farm," must defeat this settler terror. Any attempt at compromise, and any negotiations with representatives of the settler "moderates," would constitute a capitulation to terror and the abandonment of the state to a dangerous group of lunatics who are liable to bring about its destruction.
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  1.   More Hypocrisy By The Left 07:33  |  Ben Israel 27/10/08
  2.   Must Use FORCE! 09:08  |  Ben Israel 27/10/08
  3.   No mention of daily Peace Never, B`Sheker, ISM, Ein Din terrorism 09:24  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/10/08
  4.   Question for #1 09:41  |  Doniel 27/10/08
  5.   Ben Gvir and Marzel are not consensus figures 09:49  |  Ilan 27/10/08
  6.   golden opportunity 09:49  |  potobac 27/10/08
  7.   Terrorism and Israel 10:08  |  Natallie Durson 27/10/08
  8.   While not condoning settler 10:08  |  Robert Haymond 27/10/08
  9.   NATALIE Targetting civillians was the Arab speciality from day 1 10:28  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  10.   Left, including Haaretz, must first oppose and defeat ARAB terror 10:33  |  Yaakov K. 27/10/08
  11.   Making generalizations = rascism 10:35  |  Dr Eric 27/10/08
  12.   Ben Gvir and Federman and Marzel are... 10:42  |  Esther 27/10/08
  13.   define a settler!!!!! 10:42  |  Dr Eric 27/10/08
  14.   Goodbye Haaretz 10:49  |  henry 27/10/08
  15.   These events are totally blown out of proportion!! 10:56  |  Dr Eric 27/10/08
  16.   Ben Israel #1... empty rhetoric... 11:03  |  Esther 27/10/08
  17.   Prediction - escalation will led to a death? 11:10  |  Manny Goldstein 27/10/08
  18.   NATALIE attacking civillians was the Arab specialty for 100+ yrs 11:15  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  19.   This is starting to sound like an orchestrated campaign 11:18  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  20.   Most residents of Yosh are law abiding citizens!! 11:23  |  Dr eric 27/10/08
  21.   Haaretz Editorial 11:43  |  Ralph 27/10/08
  22.   Nu, really, Dr Eric #15... 11:55  |  Esther 27/10/08
  23.   POTOBAC Settlers attacking IDF is NOTHING like the attacks 11:58  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  24.   #9 - PETER SM 11:58  |  Natallie Durson 27/10/08
  25.   Dr #13... "Is Ofra a settlement?" 12:04  |  Esther 27/10/08
  26.   settlers 12:06  |  ryan 27/10/08
  27.   The Thing Is... 12:21  |  Yosemite 27/10/08
  28.   #S 9/18/19 Peter SM The broken record 12:26  |  Labhras 27/10/08
  29.   Orchestrated campaign? Repeat performance 12:34  |  Ilan 27/10/08
  30.   Deteated by "Your" Enemies? 12:36  |  Tzfonit 27/10/08
  31.   remember the warnings to Pres. Abbass? 12:58  |  Ahmaed 27/10/08
  32.   NATALIE It was NOT due to Hezb. lack of trying 13:00  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  33.   NATALIE re "eyes of the American leadership" 13:09  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  34.   Natallie Durson`s logic of antisemitism 13:16  |  Israeli citizen 27/10/08
  35.   Antisemitism logic and Natallie Durson 13:20  |  Israeli citizen 27/10/08
  36.   Defeat poor journalism by Ha`aretz 13:20  |  Joe Sittizen 27/10/08
  37.   Esther - You seem to be a bit more knowlegable!!! 13:36  |  Dr eric 27/10/08
  38.   Esther - I meant it in a nice way (knowlegable) 13:40  |  Dr Eric 27/10/08
  39.   Esther the debate is - how to obtain peace with palestinians 13:52  |  Dr Eric 27/10/08
  40.   The moral responsibility of the Likud party...... 14:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/10/08
  41.   henry 14:19  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  42.   to Ben Israel #2 - on discrimination 14:31  |  zeev 27/10/08
  43.   Tzfonit 14:34  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  44.   Ahmaed 14:36  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  45.   to Dr Eric #38 14:44  |  zeev 27/10/08
  46.   Tit for tat..... 14:49  |  Ofer Maimon 27/10/08
  47.   peter sm 23 14:56  |  potobac 27/10/08
  48.   The new front of terrorism 14:56  |  salem awaad 27/10/08
  49.   So what, Eric? 15:10  |  Murray 27/10/08
  50.   "Dangerous Group of Lunatics" but who created them? 15:30  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/10/08
  51.   Ben Israel and his Ill begotten Triumphalism 15:37  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/10/08
  52.   PeterSM 15:59  |  Samir 27/10/08
  53.   The US is doomed 16:07  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  54.   Israel bought Samaria 16:09  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  55.   What Lady from USA doesn`t see 16:12  |  Tzfonit 27/10/08
  56.   Tzfonit 16:47  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  57.   to evangelist from USA #53 16:54  |  zeev 27/10/08
  58.   #49 murray and the tunnel vision to israel 17:11  |  victor hardman 27/10/08
  59.   Muslims don`t have arguments with Muslims 17:11  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  60.   Can you imagine 17:13  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  61.   zeev 17:16  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  62.   Zeev again 17:26  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  63.   zeev 3rd time 17:39  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  64.   zeev receives today`s award #57 17:43  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/10/08
  65.   Use of terminology 17:50  |  Richie Cohen 27/10/08
  66.   The one and only solution is..... 18:00  |  Hans 27/10/08
  67.   to lady from USA #60 18:05  |  zeev 27/10/08
  68.   # 8 Spot on ! 18:29  |  sharon 27/10/08
  69.   zeev 18:33  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  70.   zeev - Syria 18:34  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  71.   #65 Richie Cohen 18:49  |  sharon 27/10/08
  72.   So when the Messiah comes 19:04  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  73.   to lady from USA #62 19:09  |  zeev 27/10/08
  74.   The Arab Muslim world and Leftists prefer to blame others 19:27  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/10/08
  75.   SAMIR"in Israel people Cheered the death of Lebanese children" ?? 19:32  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  76.   to lady from USA #70 - Syria 19:34  |  zeev 27/10/08
  77.   Dr Eric in general... 19:35  |  Esther 27/10/08
  78.   zeev 19:39  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  79.   zeev - my real response 19:46  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
  80.   to lady from USA #72 19:57  |  zeev 27/10/08
  81.   ZEEVre population projections.Israel central bureau of stats:- 20:23  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  82.   SULLIVAN toxic as ever. 20:42  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  83.   American state terror 20:48  |  Elbo 27/10/08
  84.   We`ll live, we`ll see 20:53  |  David 27/10/08
  85.   to lady from USA #79 - candid at last 20:53  |  zeev 27/10/08
  86.   Dr. Eric # 38, 39 21:05  |  Amused 27/10/08
  87.   Defeat Leftist Terror 21:22  |  Gayle Kartez 27/10/08
  88.   POTOBAC Re acid in soldiers eyes,stabbing,suicide bombers etc etc 21:28  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  89.   Now PETER SM really has a dilemma... 21:41  |  Silvienne 27/10/08
  90.   Consequences of inbreeding 22:00  |  Schmuel 27/10/08
  91.   Peter SM I`m glossing over nothing 22:01  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/10/08
  92.   I apologize for Lady from USA Zeev... 22:14  |  BBSNews 27/10/08
  93.   Israeli society needs to reconsider entire Settler Enterprise 22:33  |  Ivar 27/10/08
  94.   #89ivar in outer space lands on saudi planet 23:03  |  victor hardman 27/10/08
  95.   SILVIENNE No dilema at all.If you read my posts on the subject 23:11  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  96.   #89 Silvienne petersm has no problems he is far away 23:16  |  Labhras 27/10/08
  97.   SULLIVAN thank you for proving my point. 23:20  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  98.   Peter SM you have had all day to condemn these 23:22  |  Labhras 27/10/08
  99.   IVAR Iran not the Saudis run the government of Palestine 23:24  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
  100.   #92, BBSNews.... 23:25  |  Silvienne 27/10/08
  101.   #94, PETER SM.... 23:27  |  Silvienne 27/10/08
  102.   #92 BBS News spot on the evangelicals 23:31  |  Labhras 27/10/08
  103.   Lady From USA (#79) 23:54  |  Gil 27/10/08
  104.   SILVIENNE Too silly. !! I said exactly the oppositte 00:01  |  PETER SM 28/10/08
  105.   #79 Lady from usa I am a christian and disavow you 00:07  |  Labhras 28/10/08
  106.   peter sm 88 00:33  |  potobac 28/10/08
  107.   #7Robert Haymond While not condoning Settlers.I feel here the 00:50  |  Kathy 28/10/08
  108.   #87 Gayle Kartez Defeat Leftist Terror..Oy va voy! I wasn`t aware 01:16  |  Kathy 28/10/08
  109.   To Henry # 14 01:16  |  Nahman Umani 28/10/08
  110.   An old Yiddish curse 01:25  |  Moishe Pipik 28/10/08
  111.   RE#103 01:28  |  ThundercloudOKC 28/10/08
  112.   settlers 02:03  |  jason 28/10/08
  113.   # 109 Nahman Umani. Sorry You Are Lumping all In The Same basket. 02:40  |  Kathy 28/10/08
  114.   Peter SM 03:03  |  Samir 28/10/08
  115.   Lady from the usa 03:07  |  Lebanese Christian 28/10/08
  116.   to jason #112 - Sternhell`s answer 03:16  |  zeev 28/10/08
  117.   Either Israel defeats settler terror soon or Iran will defeat it 03:30  |  Aounist 28/10/08
  118.   SAMIR thats not the answer is it?"in Israel people Cheered 03:54  |  PETER SM 28/10/08
  119.   The political reality is 04:16  |  Mark Lincoln 28/10/08
  120.   DEFEAT LEFTIST DEFEATISM 04:51  |  Jacob 28/10/08
  121.   POTOBAC read @106 to Sylviene 05:49  |  PETER SM 28/10/08
  122.   People of all stripes must agree 06:14  |  Nathaniel 28/10/08
  123.   #103 labarse of arabia you cant be serious CHRISTIANS 06:37  |  v.hardman 28/10/08
  124.   Nathaniel makes a salient point... 06:53  |  BBSNews 28/10/08
  125.   #124 MICHAEL WITH MORE PLATITUDES AT B/S BAD NEWS 08:32  |  victor hardman 28/10/08
  126.   to PETER SM #118 - on nice people 09:45  |  zeev 28/10/08
  127.   zeev Why Palestinians are nice in JOrdan 12:00  |  lady from USA 28/10/08
  128.   #104, PETER SM... 18:02  |  Silvienne 28/10/08
  129.   to lady from USA #127 20:36  |  zeev 28/10/08
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