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Shin Bet eyes two settlers allegedly behind anti-Palestinian violence
By Chaim Levinson
Tags: Israel news 

The Shin Bet security service last week warned two residents of the West Bank settlement bloc of Dolev-Talmonim that it holds them responsible for the unrest that has hit the area in recent weeks.

Extremist settlers have hurled stones at Palestinians' vehicles and vandalized property to retaliate for the removal of illegal settlement outposts, a tactic they call "the price tag."


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olice and Border Police on Wednesday units came to the bloc, situated a few kilometers northwest of Ramallah, to demolish illegally-built structures in the Givat Ha'egoz outpost near the settlement of Neria, as well as structures in the area known as the "kibbutz," near Nahliel. The demolitions were accomplished with no serious trouble - unlike the very serious incident that occurred two weeks ago, when clashes between police and demonstrators forced the officers to disperse protesters with tear gas. After that incident, area residents hurled stones at vehicles with Palestinian license plates, and at least one car swerved off the road into a ditch.

Following a string of such disturbances, the Shin Bet summoned two residents to issue a warning. One of them, Elad Meir, said an officer told him he knew Meir was engaging in hostile acts under the banner of the "price tag" policy, and that the Shin Bet viewed him as directly responsible for the recent unrest in the area.

During Wednesday's demolitions, police and Border Police appeared to be ramping up efforts to enforce order in the area. But few reports of unrest were reported, other than a few incidents of stone-throwing by settlers.

In the evening, "kibbutz" residents sought to reconstruct what had been demolished. "The response to destruction is reconstruction," said one. "But this won't be the end of the story of what happened here."
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