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Dozens of leftists, settlers arrested in fresh West Bank unrest
By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: West Bank, Israel News 

The Israel Police arrested dozens of people, including settlers, left-wing activists and Palestinians, during three separate incidents across the West Bank over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon, left-wing activists traveled to the illegal outpost of Mitzpe Asael, in the south Hebron Hills, in order to protest what they called "the settler takeover of private Palestinian land."

A pro-settler human rights group accused police of not stopping the leftists, claiming that the Palestinians trespassed on Jewish land. A police force arrested five leftists and three Palestinians at the site, all of whom were taken away for questioning.
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During the second incident, 40 right-wing activists rallied at the outpost of Reches Sela, outside Nablus, to call for the continuation of Jewish settlement at the site. According to the rightists, 30 Palestinians from a nearby village subsequently approached the group and began to throw stones at them.

"An Israel Defense Forces and Border Police force took [the settlers] down from the hill, while using extreme violence instead of dealing with the Palestinian rioters," one of the rightists said.

The army, however, said the rightists actually began the clash by hurling rocks at the Palestinians, after which troops had to intercede. The IDF added that the rightists had violated an order, which they had been shown, listing the area as a closed military zone.

Three settlers were arrested and two Palestinians were wounded in the incident.

In a further incident, police arrested three left-wing activists in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday night, after they attempted to erect an "outpost." They did this in order to protest "the powerlessness of the law-enforcement authorities to deal with the outpost of Hazon David," one said, referring to a site on the outskirts of Hebron.

The activists erected the outpost in agreement with the Palestinian landowner who owned the property; nonetheless, police later declared the site a closed military zone and arrested the activists. They were subsequently released.


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      1.   Leftists causing trouble for a change 22:04  |  Dani 24/10/09
      2.   I take pride 22:48  |  ruben siedner 24/10/09
      3.   God bless the Palestinians 22:50  |  usa 24/10/09
      4.   Dani you have a problem with reality 23:11  |  H 24/10/09
      5.   There cannot be peace-and-quiet on the occupied territories 23:34  |  Esther 24/10/09
      6.   Settlers caused it. Kidnapped the leftists. 00:19  |  disgusted american 25/10/09
      7.   "God bless the Israelis !" 01:06  |  Brutus 25/10/09
      8.   The irony that the police can`t shut down 02:18  |  Richard Pearce 25/10/09
      9.   Esther if you want peace,don`t call lefties in. 04:36  |  Meo 25/10/09
      10.   Probably because it`s blaphemy Brutus in #6 04:48  |  WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 25/10/09
      11.   #8 well esther; did meo set you straight on us wicked lefties? 08:19  |  eric 25/10/09
      12.   MEO your a throw back to the French revolution 15:32  |  jim the mechanic 25/10/09
      13.   anyone who supports peace 20:03  |  annie 25/10/09
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