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IDF troops hang sign at base: We won't evacuate settlers
By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: IDF, Israel news 

A number of Israel Defense Forces from the Nachshon Battalion on Monday hung a sign at their basis proclaiming that their unit would refuse to evacuate Israelis from West Bank settlements.

The move comes nearly a month after soldiers from the Shimshon Battalion waved banners with the same message during their graduation ceremony in Jerusalem. Two soldiers were expelled from their brigade and given 20 days in military prison following that incident.

The leader of the anti-settlement Peace Now movement, Yariv Oppenheimer, accused certain settler leaders of "prompting a rebellion within the IDF and endangering Israeli society."
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"Right-wing leaders and all government parties must speak out against this phenomenon before the army loses control of its soldiers," said Oppenheimer.

Extreme rightist Itamar Ben Gvir said meanwhile that the anti-evacuation movement was picking up steam among settlers.

The Shimshon and Nachshon Battalions are both part of the Kfir Brigade, set up to battle Palestinian guerrillas in the West Bank. Such duties have diminished amid a law-and-order drive by Abbas's U.S.-backed administration, which wants to project power in the face of the rival Hamas Islamists now ruling Gaza.

Kfir has been under military investigation for several high-profile cases where Palestinian civilians complained of abuse by the brigade. Its former commander was reprimanded for sanctioning use of force during questioning of suspects.

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      1.   Good Idea - Leave Them Where They Are 15:43  |  MIKE 16/11/09
      2.   lovely 16:47  |  Sarah 16/11/09
      3.   great news 17:25  |  tototelaviv 16/11/09
      4.   Disobedient Troops 17:40  |  Philip 16/11/09
      5.   The army is no place for protest. This amounts to mutiny. 18:23  |  David Turner 16/11/09
      6.   IDF ON MY LEFT with Chosen Israel Forces on my right 18:27  |  HAL. 16/11/09
      7.   Where is our de Gaulle? 18:29  |  Smith 16/11/09
      8.   Nachshon Battalion 18:41  |  dee 16/11/09
      9.   #5 In the Army, your superior decides what mutiny is, not you. 18:49  |  SoItsNotMutiny 16/11/09
      10.   How long before the IDF 19:22  |  Ivor Biggun 16/11/09
      11.   Bravo to the troops..... 20:12  |  eaglesfanforever 16/11/09
      12.   The demise of the state? 20:13  |  Eldar 16/11/09
      13.   Soldiers encouraged by Israel`s ambiguity 20:22  |  Katherine 16/11/09
      14.   this is why the PA wants a complete stop to settlements 20:43  |  No One wants peace 16/11/09
      15.   Probably for the best 20:53  |  Colin Wright 16/11/09
      16.   Three states solution 20:54  |  Greg 16/11/09
      17.   if all the world is a stage,this is a minor farce 21:20  |  mitzi endor 16/11/09
      18.   No need to evacuate the settlers--let them do it themselves 21:27  |  Dutch 16/11/09
      19.   #1--very true, uh oh, well, same difference 21:38  |  Paul Freedman 16/11/09
      20.   Israel`s Black and Tans 21:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/11/09
      21.   Typical fascist hijinks- no surprise 22:23  |  censored 16/11/09
      22.   #19, Dutch... 23:43  |  Silvienne 16/11/09
      23.   Jews aren`t Arabs 23:53  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      24.   Who controls the Army in Israel, the govt. or the radicals? 00:24  |  Joseph Steinberg 17/11/09
      25.   But they CAN stay where they are, PA says so 00:25  |  Shelley 17/11/09
      26.   #18 lol...dutch, i`ve been saying that for a year or so... 05:44  |  eric 17/11/09
      27.   #23, Ben Jabo... 16:19  |  Silvienne 17/11/09
      28.   Eric and Silviene, Thank you.... 08:26  |  Dutch 18/11/09
      29.   THIRD TRY #23 Silvienne - No they don`t 17:23  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      30.   2ND TRY Joseph Steinberg 17:25  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      31.   Eric & Dutch - You`ve both been saying a lot 17:49  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      32.   #31 poor ben doesn`t realize he`s doing the exact same thing 07:34  |  eric 19/11/09
      33.   #32, eric... 15:30  |  Silvienne 19/11/09
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