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Settlers threaten 'Amona'-style riots over Hebron eviction
By Nadav Shragai and Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: settlers, Amona, Israel News 

The High Court on Sunday instructed settlers occupying a house in Hebron to evacuate it within three days, but a coalition of right-wing organizations, MKs and West Bank rabbis said they plan to oppose the move firmly.

In an emergency meeting on Sunday in the settlement of Kiryat Arba - the house is located between the settlement and Hebron - the opponents of the evacuation pledged that the settlers would not be removed by Wednesday as the court had demanded. Their resistance, they said, would be "uncompromising, but not violent."

"If the house is evacuated, there will be Amona part two here," said a participant at the meeting, referring to the February 2006 clashes between settlers and security forces during the evacuation of a West Bank outpost.
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The emergency meeting was organized by Rabbi Dov Lior, the head of the rabbinical committee in Judea and Samaria and the rabbi of Kiryat Arba. "We learned the lesson of Gush Katif," the meeting participant said. "Here nobody intends to win with love."

The rabbis participating in the meeting said soldiers and police taking part in the evacuation must disobey orders. One even suggested a monetary reward for those willing to disobey. The house in question, nicknamed Beit Hameriva (House of Confilct), is a four-story structure next to the "Worshippers' Route" leading from Kiryat Arba to Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs.

In 2004, a group of settlers bought the building from its Palestinian owner. The owner later claimed, however, that he had not received full payment, so the deal was null and void. The settlers said the deal was still in effect and demanded ownership of the building. In March 2007 some 150 settlers forcibly entered the house, and since then have waged a legal battle over it.

In December 2007, the settlers petitioned the High Court of Justice to order the state not to carry out the evacuation, but on Sunday that petition was denied and the settlers were ordered to leave within three days. High Court President Dorit Beinisch and Justices Ayala Procaccia and Salim Joubran ruled that evidence held by the state allows it to use force to return the house to its owner.

Shlomo Levinger, one of the settlers occupying the property, told Haaretz that "we will fight like someone fighting for his house."

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      2.   Lawless fundamentalists 04:25  |  Otto Rand 17/11/08
      3.   MB ENOUGH!!! 04:39  |  Absolute Israel 17/11/08
      4.   #1, MB, well said... 04:42  |  Silvienne 17/11/08
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      7.   Settlers threaten `Amona`-style riots over Hebron eviction 05:43  |  Jack 17/11/08
      8.   I support Them 06:03  |  Ralph Levy 17/11/08
      9.   Well Here`s The Problem 06:10  |  Yosemite 17/11/08
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      11.   leftist "supreme(?)" court 07:02  |  RHT 17/11/08
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      17.   rm, Some People Think the IDF Provocations With Gaza... 07:53  |  Reader 17/11/08
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      19.   RHT #9...no court could be hoodwinked... 08:13  |  Esther 17/11/08
      20.   It is a shame they cannot work within the law 09:33  |  David G 17/11/08
      21.   #13 Yishai Kohen - civillised you dont know the meaning 09:55  |  judge jew de 17/11/08
      22.   Under way to 10:01  |  Lucy 17/11/08
      23.   #18 Esther so they could not have bought it? 10:03  |  David G 17/11/08
      24.   Let`s not allow facts to get in the way... 10:05  |  Gili 17/11/08
      25.   Otto - not lawless. The Torah is our law. 10:29  |  Allon 17/11/08
      26.   Rav Levinger needs to get his act together 10:31  |  Ofer Maimon 17/11/08
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      41.   Yosemite 13:10  |  lady from USA 17/11/08
      42.   What should not have been and what should be 13:15  |  Ilan 17/11/08
      43.   Esther - which part is an abuse of Torah? 13:17  |  Allon 17/11/08
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      47.   Gili 13:29  |  lady from USA 17/11/08
      48.   Were Abraham, Issac, and Jacob Jewish? 13:39  |  Choni Davidowitz 17/11/08
      49.   kudos to the israeli court; as for these rabbis and mk`s... 13:39  |  eric 17/11/08
      50.   All this nonsense 14:11  |  JJ 17/11/08
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