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VIDEO / Settlers clash with Palestinian 'security threat' olive growers
By Avi Issacharoff and Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: West Bank, Palestinians 

Residents of the settlement of Shvut Rachel clashed with Palestinians picking olives in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, after the settlers held a march to protest the "security threat" posed by the harvest.

The settlers, who were joined by residents of nearby illegal outposts, said the Palestinian harvesters were a threat because could gather intelligence and launch attacks from the olive groves.

"If they harvest near us, then we'll be near them," one of the settlers said as they headed out for the march.
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When the settlers reached the Palestinians, the two groups began throwing stones at each other, after which the Israel Defense Forces and Border Police deployed troops to separate the sides.

Israel's security forces allowed the settlers to enter the nearby Palestinian village of Kraiyut to hold a brief rally against the harvest; troops subsequently removed them from the site.

No one was wounded during the incident.

Meanwhile, there were reports Tuesday that settlers uprooted dozens of olive trees near the West Bank outpost of Adi Ad. Security forces fired teargas at the settlers and Palestinians.

Over recent weeks, the IDF has carried out a joint operation with the Border Police to safeguard the Palestinian olive harvest. As part of the operation, IDF soldiers deploy in a number of areas around the settlements on a daily basis in order to allow the Palestinians to pick olives without harassment by settlers.


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      2.   olives harvesting 11:04  |  zoe 27/10/09
      3.   #1 Agree 100% 11:33  |  tel aviv eyes 27/10/09
      4.   bunch of nutters 11:48  |  Tom 27/10/09
      5.   Settlers clash with Palestinians 11:57  |  ahyar 27/10/09
      6.   olive branches 12:09  |  ynse 27/10/09
      7.   uprooted olive trees 12:13  |  Avi 27/10/09
      8.   Rule of law 12:23  |  The Prophet 27/10/09
      9.   zoe 12:27  |  potobac 27/10/09
      10.   Philistine Terrorists Shot A Jew There Just Last Month 12:35  |  Yishai Kohen 27/10/09
      11.   The farmers` claim 12:38  |  Jackie 27/10/09
      12.   Stop the terrorist settlers! 12:43  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 27/10/09
      13.   Lies about settlers 12:44  |  Nathan 27/10/09
      14.   IDF Protects the Harvest 12:56  |  Richard 27/10/09
      15.   Jackie 12:57  |  Ramy 27/10/09
      16.   If Pals didn`t hide behind Olive trees to shoot 12:59  |  Josiah J. Ben David 27/10/09
      17.   olive branches and missed opportunities 13:02  |  Mustafa 27/10/09
      18.   Don`t blame the settlers 13:03  |  Richard 27/10/09
      19.   #10 Joshiah---no illegal settlers--no problem 13:13  |  Labhras 27/10/09
      20.   Jackie, #9 13:14  |  John of Jordan 27/10/09
      21.   John of Jordan- peace and olives or no peace and no olives 13:34  |  Avi 27/10/09
      22.   To #10: Josiah Ben David 13:35  |  Ayman 27/10/09
      23.   Cannot agree with Richard 13:46  |  Meir 27/10/09
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      25.   Jackie& Josiah 14:02  |  Sylvie 27/10/09
      26.   Settler Zealots Threat to Peace 15:29  |  Vladek 27/10/09
      27.   Well, Yishai #8, it`s usually just the opposite case... 15:45  |  Esther 27/10/09
      28.   Glad IDF Guarding Farmers 15:47  |  Jane 27/10/09
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      36.   "we better step in before it goes any further" 19:47  |  eric 27/10/09
      37.   The conquest of the West Bank 19:59  |  Dovo 27/10/09
      38.   The settlers 20:52  |  zeev 27/10/09
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      43.   Settlers Clash 21:44  |  Kevin 27/10/09
      44.   Pure lawlessness - And ordinary Israelis shouldn`t argue, they 21:47  |  Victor 27/10/09
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      46.   :: Uproot the illegal Israeli settlers 22:33  |  Matty Groves 27/10/09
      47.   Naive Westerners 02:02  |  RfaelMoshe 28/10/09
      48.   The Lemon Tree 02:28  |  WHG 28/10/09
      49.   Another Pathetic 05:21  |  Denise 28/10/09
      50.   #9 That`s true 08:37  |  oliveprotestsLOL 28/10/09
      51.   No 10 - of course there`s an issue.... 08:38  |  Palestinian Brit 28/10/09
      52.   Arrogant Settlers who are supposed to be Religious!! 08:41  |  Ahmet 28/10/09
      53.   Don`t Forget 13:20  |  Gary 28/10/09
      54.   #50 Ahmet - Istanbul - Since u mentioned religion 15:39  |  *BEN JABO 28/10/09
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      56.   Nathan The Fool 15:54  |  jake 1948 28/10/09
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      61.   Help Your Neighbors! 17:06  |  Jane 28/10/09
      62.   Settlers 20:29  |  Inon Freudenberg 28/10/09
      63.   to Inon Freudenberg #62 00:42  |  zeev 29/10/09
      64.   To Yishai Cohen, 22:14  |  John 29/10/09
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