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Shin Bet hunting for Rightists who threatened to bomb gays
By Chaim Levinson and Anshel Pfeffer
Tags: Israel News, Israeli settlers 

The Shin Bet security service is investigating who has distributed leaflets containing instructions on how to make bombs and weapons; the flyers were circulated in various illegal outposts a year ago.

The leaflets, found in the Adi Ad outpost near Shvut Rachel last year, included amateurish explanations for building bombs. A number of people were questioned at the time.

A similar flyer was passed out in November 2006 before the Gay Pride Parade. It was titled "Death to Sodomites" and included instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails and other improvised weapons to be used against gays and lesbians.
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The parade was accompanied by demonstrations and violence against the gay community - there were a number of injuries and many protesters were arrested. A bomb was found eight days before the parade near the Eli settlement with "Sodomites Out" written on it.

The two-page pamphlet also promised NIS 20,000 to anyone who caused the death of "one of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah." It was signed by "The Red Hand for Redemption," and mentioned body parts of the marchers to be harmed to maximize their injuries.

Rightists barred from West Bank

The head of Central Command, Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni, issued an order yesterday banning three right-wing activists from entering the West Bank for six months. The three, from the Yitzhar settlement near Nablus, were ordered to keep out of the territories for security reasons.

Police detectives gave two of the men their orders yesterday morning when they appeared in court in Petah Tikva. The two, Akiva Hacohen and Ariel Groner, are well known in the West Bank; this is not their first run-in with the authorities.

Groner said he did not know why he had been ordered out of the West Bank. "Every time the establishment wants to start destroying settlements, they start with a quiet expulsion using administrative orders that were originally intended for 'ticking bombs,'" he said.

Eliav Eliyahu, 19, was also ordered to stay out of the territories, though this was a surprise; he is less known than the other two.

Not only the settlers objected to the administrative orders. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel also objects to such steps against both Israelis and Palestinians.

The IDF Spokesman's Office said the orders were issued "in light of information about the two settlers' involvement in violent and illegal acts, and in light of the real danger posed by them to security and public order."

The Israel Defense Forces and police decided this year to take a "zero tolerance" policy toward settlers who try to interfere with the Palestinians' olive harvest.

Due to the many shootings and other violent incidents between settlers and Palestinians in groves near settlements last year, security forces have been ordered this year to immediately arrest anyone violating Shamni's orders keeping Israelis out of olive groves near settlements during the harvest.

The police have also allocated reinforcements on specific days during the harvest to allow for quick intervention. The forces will accompany and protect the Palestinians on certain days in specific areas during the harvest.
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