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Olmert: I am shamed by Hebron settlers' pogrom
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, Hebron 

Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday lashed out at settlers in Hebron who attacked Palestinians and their property in recent days, joining other Israeli figures in branding the attacks a "progrom."

Settlers in the West Bank city went on a rampage after Israel Defense Forces evicted dozens of them from a building whose ownership is disputed. The move came after Israel's High Court ordered that the settlers leave the building, dubbed the "House of Contention."

"We are the children of a people whose historic ethos is built on the memory of pogroms," Olmert said during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. "The sight of Jews firing at innocent Palestinians has no other name than pogrom."
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"I am ashamed that Jews could do such a thing," Olmert went on. "I have asked the defense minister and other relevant elements to do all it takes, with all the strength needed and in any place controlled by the State of Israel, in order to stop this phenomenon."

Video footage supplied by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem shows a settler firing shots at Palestinian rock-throwers from close range, hitting two of them. A second settler is also seen opening fire.

"I have turned to the appropriate elements in order to assure that law enforcement authorities will take aggressive and sharp action to bring those responsible to justice," Olmert said Sunday.

Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann also slammed the attacks as a pogrom, in a television interview over the weekend.

Palestinians said that 17 Palestinians were wounded in the clashes, five of them by gunfire. The two settlers caught on film have turned themselves in to police.

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      1.   and we by you 14:56  |  ecr 07/12/08
      2.   Olmert Ashamed... 14:58  |  Dana P 07/12/08
      3.   Not half ashamed as I am of PM corruption 15:07  |  Moshe 07/12/08
      4.   Whaqt would happen if it was a Pal. shouting 15:15  |  Cheif 07/12/08
      5.   I am ashamed by Mr. Olmert 15:17  |  17 07/12/08
      6.   shame 15:18  |  just me 07/12/08
      7.   I am shamed by your failure to protect Sderot 15:19  |  Ofer 07/12/08
      8.   Will Olmert be ashamed from his prison cell? 15:20  |  Judah 07/12/08
      9.   olmert gearing up for jail 15:27  |  Arie 07/12/08
      10.   there are almost 300000 settlers in judea samaria 15:30  |  settler 07/12/08
      11.   Cheif 15:38  |  lady from USA 07/12/08
      12.   olmert should be ashamed of his conduct 15:39  |  George 07/12/08
      13.   Olmert in training 15:51  |  Shameless 07/12/08
      14.   Ashamed, Olmert? 15:56  |  Chaim 07/12/08
      15.   Cheif - Well paid careers subsidized by conflict 15:58  |  Stephen Connora 07/12/08
      16.   wacky words from Israel`s Prime Lunatic!!! 16:00  |  Benny 07/12/08
      17.   OLMERT WHERE WERE YOU WHEN... 16:01  |  Tzfonit 07/12/08
      18.   Proud of Israel 16:02  |  Stephen Connora 07/12/08
      19.   Revoke their Jewish "membership" 16:11  |  Leon 07/12/08
      20.   Blood on her hands 16:16  |  Shmuel 07/12/08
      21.   Olmert calling Jewish defense a pogrom - this is twisted 16:19  |  Johnny 07/12/08
      22.   Israel vs Olmert 16:20  |  Brod 07/12/08
      23.   shamed olmert 16:25  |  dan 07/12/08
      24.   I`d be ashamed of Olmert 16:26  |  Steven 07/12/08
      25.   Note the difference 16:35  |  Guy 07/12/08
      26.   since when is returning fire at rock throwers a pogrom? 16:37  |  David Miler 07/12/08
      27.   Olmert say he is a shamed 16:41  |  JoJo 07/12/08
      28.   Olmert the reborn 16:50  |  Mark Lincoln 07/12/08
      29.   I am shamed by those who criticize Olmert here 16:52  |  Jeff 07/12/08
      30.   this criminaly insane traitorous gangster is ashamed ? 16:52  |  chaim schonbrun 07/12/08
      31.   Hear hear Dana P. 16:58  |  Anne 07/12/08
      32.   Funny, but when I look at video I see the Palestinians assaulting 17:03  |  J T 07/12/08
      33.   Re: a settler firing shots at Palestinian rock-throwers 17:11  |  David 07/12/08
      34.   Move out of the house u stole! Admit the bribes! 17:18  |  Jacqueline 07/12/08
      35.   i am also ashamed 17:30  |  tirh 07/12/08
      36.   If he had any shame he would have left office already 17:37  |  Adam 07/12/08
      37.   Olmert is right 17:37  |  David LG 07/12/08
      38.   Olmert is dumb 17:47  |  Avi 07/12/08
      39.   Olmert we are ashamed at you, your corruption, and failures 17:47  |  Livin In Rishon 07/12/08
      40.   Pogroms = Jewish History? 18:13  |  John 07/12/08
      41.   And almost every Israel is ashamed of Olmert! 18:18  |  redmike 07/12/08
      42.   Peace Now 18:19  |  crlman 07/12/08
      43.   Pogrom 18:21  |  Charles Smyth 07/12/08
      44.   As ashamed... 18:23  |  Ray Smith 07/12/08
      45.   Crossing the line 18:29  |  MichaelF 07/12/08
      46.   #4 - Cheif 18:32  |  MichaelF 07/12/08
      47.   Olmert as Israelis were ashamed your still PM and not idicted 19:00  |  Judea 07/12/08
      48.   Hebron 19:07  |  George 07/12/08
      49.   Olamert YOU are a "Busha" ! GET OUT. 19:08  |  Jew 07/12/08
      50.   #6 Just me - well said! 19:09  |  Manny Goldstein 07/12/08
      51.   Is this guy still PM? 19:10  |  Erez 07/12/08
      52.   pathetic 19:12  |  sd 07/12/08
      53.   History repeats itself 19:16  |  Jack 07/12/08
      54.   Ashamed that settlers allowed recording 19:17  |  Shadi Fadda 07/12/08
      55.   Ashamed, indeed. 19:23  |  Stephen. 07/12/08
      56.   olmert appropriately condemn settler riots 19:25  |  Arie 07/12/08
      57.   Olmert is ashamed 19:32  |  rm 07/12/08
      58.   Olmert,You Bring Shame To Israel 20:03  |  Michael Gorinsky 07/12/08
      59.   And we are proud of a leader that makes Bill Clinton look honest. 20:15  |  Siggie 07/12/08
      60.   Hope for Arab mercy??? 20:21  |  Honesty 07/12/08
      61.   A malignancy too long tolerated 20:48  |  Nathaniel 07/12/08
      62.   Has the time come for Tzahal to take control? 20:50  |  Arie 07/12/08
      63.   I don`t think it`s a pogrom 20:59  |  Bob 07/12/08
      64.   David Miller #26 `since when is returning fire...` 21:32  |  Colin Wright 07/12/08
      65.   Olmert: I am shamed by Hebron settlers` pogrom 21:34  |  Kenshalom 07/12/08
      66.   A confederacy of dunces here 21:43  |  Menno 07/12/08
      67.   Jeff, you miss the point 21:55  |  Zev Davis 07/12/08
      68.   Was there not a Pogrom in Ashkelon a month ago against Jews? 22:05  |  Jabadini 07/12/08
      69.   Well said Mr. Olmert, the Hebron Jews 22:10  |  David 07/12/08
      70.   Lies, More Lies, and Insulting Victims of Actual Pogroms 22:28  |  Baruch Gold 07/12/08
      71.   Now he tells us 22:31  |  Rockridge 07/12/08
      72.   Olmert`s Selective Shame 22:32  |  Tod Zuckerman 07/12/08
      73.   Those holigans have to be arrested , but 23:03  |  TOMY 07/12/08
      74.   Olmert 23:27  |  don muntean 07/12/08
      75.   To#47 - see below 23:28  |  Dwido 07/12/08
      76.   Beit Hanoun and Lebanon bombing sprees. 00:59  |  Maureen Ann 08/12/08
      77.   I`M NOT IMPRESSED A BIT 01:09  |  indrajaya 08/12/08
      78.   I`m ashamed that we have prime minister who has numerous indictme 01:37  |  YSL 08/12/08
      79.   I HATE OLMERT, THAT COWARD 02:18  |  Ben W. 08/12/08
      80.   It is a matter of criminal law. 02:21  |  a wandering Jew 08/12/08
      81.   SETLERS ARE CRIMINALS 02:26  |  YOSI 08/12/08
      82.   Not my reading of the situation 03:05  |  Samuel 08/12/08
      83.   Olmert is a fool 03:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/12/08
      84.   Settlers are a deadly cancer for for both Arabs and Jews 04:23  |  Abu Ali 08/12/08
      85.   A very rare occasion when Olmert is ashamed ! 04:41  |  Akram Zekaria 08/12/08
      86.   I (and most of Israel) is ashamed of Olmert, so there. 05:26  |  David 08/12/08
      87.   Olmert = Jimmy Carter 05:39  |  Chaim 08/12/08
      88.   really are you? 05:58  |  dani.a 08/12/08
      89.   morethan50%isreali`shatesettlers 06:20  |  love your neighbour 08/12/08
      90.   so much for the great "divide" between Us and Them 08:15  |  deborah 08/12/08
      91.   Olmert: I am shamed by Hebron settlers` pogrom 09:17  |  Truther 08/12/08
      92.   Olmert is ashamed for all the wrong reasons 09:55  |  I2mashamed 08/12/08
      93.   not a pogrom, but not good 00:32  |  k 11/12/08
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