Prosecutor: Troops must step in if Hebron settlers disturb peace - Haaretz

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Prosecutor: Troops must step in if Hebron settlers disturb peace

By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent

Israel Defense Forces soldier stationed in Hebron are permitted, and even obligated, to intervene in incidents when settlers disturb the peace and attack Palestinians, Deputy State Prosector Shai Nitzan said on Thursay.

In a letter to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Nitzan wrote that soldiers are obligated to follow up on settlers who attack Palestinians, up to the point of turning them into area police or Border Police officers.

Nitzan's statement, which was based on instruction given to military sources in the West Bank, contradicts a claim made a few weeks ago by Defense Minister Amir Peretz, according to which soldiers are not permitted to intervene in cases of settlers disturbing the peace.

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"Despite the instructions," wrote Nitzan, "when violence against a person or property is recognized, it is up to the soldiers in the field to stop the attack and call the police or Border Police, while holding the suspects. In deliberations held at my office, I clarified again the need to hold the suspects until the arrival of the police."

Earlier this month, a video was widely broadcast showing a female settler swearing and attacking an Arab family in Hebron's Tel Rumeida neighborhood. Palestinian residents said attacks by this woman and other settlers have been going on for a long time.

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1.	But troops are not allowed to intervene against Qassams or suic	22:42	\|	Absolute Sweden	01/02/07

2.	It will never happen	22:46	\|	Oswald	01/02/07

3.	Troops must step in when Kasams disturb the peace	22:47	\|	sam	01/02/07

4.	LIAR	23:07	\|	David	01/02/07

5.	hebron attacks and Davids blind hatred	23:48	\|	abjad	01/02/07

6.	It would be a step in the right direction IF it happens	00:08	\|	anti-racist	02/02/07

7.	Law of the land	00:14	\|	Baruch Nili	02/02/07

8.	#2 Oswald	00:37	\|	marsam	02/02/07

9.	An IDF was hit by a stone thrown by an Arab	01:22	\|	bimmer	02/02/07

10.	Troops to step in	01:23	\|	Rav Harley	02/02/07

11.	one time when I was a kid	02:54	\|	Mark Lincoln	02/02/07

12.	One violence does not justify another	05:07	\|	Otto Rand	02/02/07

13.	SHAI NITZAN	06:53	\|	Mary	02/02/07

14.	Crime against humanity!	06:57	\|	Arthur	02/02/07

15.	Re: Otto Rand	07:00	\|	Aryeh	02/02/07

16.	Mark, I really hope and pray you`re wrong.	07:00	\|	Gretch	02/02/07

17.	# 4 you`re a liar, david	07:32	\|	eric	02/02/07

18.	# 13 is your hatred any more pious, mary?	07:41	\|	eric	02/02/07

19.	I honestly dont see why this is a disscution	07:56	\|	David G	02/02/07

20.	The zionists do seem to have lost all sense of obligation	08:42	\|	Johnboy	02/02/07

21.	First obligation of IDF is to protect Jews	08:50	\|	Martin	02/02/07

22.	Why is this everyones biggest interest?	12:27	\|	Shira	02/02/07

23.	the thugs in Hebron	18:30	\|	deborah	02/02/07

24.	Old attempt	00:19	\|	JJ	03/02/07

25.	#23 Well said deborah	00:23	\|	Johnboy	03/02/07

26.	Disturbed Peach	11:42	\|	Frank	05/02/07