Alarming rise in clashes between settlers and Palestinians in West Bank

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IDF commanders concerned situation in territories may deteriorate further with diplomatic crisis looming in September when Palestinians make bid for UN recognition.

By Chaim Levinson and Amos Harel


The IDF is alarmed by the increase in clashes in the West Bank between Palestinian villagers and settlers in nearby outposts and by the growing harassment of senior army officers and civil servants by right-wing extremists.

The commanders are concerned that the situation may deteriorate even further with the diplomatic crisis looming in September when Palestinians make their bid for UN recognition.

Last week settlers burned a Palestinian field in the West Bank village of Burin, destroying more than 400 trees, after two Palestinians had stolen a car belonging to a settler from the nearby Yitzhar settlement.

Police arrested a number of suspects - the arson was video-taped from a distance by a Palestinian B'Tselem activist. But the court released the suspects for lack of evidence.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/alarming-rise-in-clashes-between-settlers-and-palestinians-in-west-bank-1.371473

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1. Not all, but a large percentage of

the settlers are bat shit crazy fundamentalist. I think most people in Israel want to keep the settlements just to keep these folks from moving next door to them.
I don't think these Eastern European immigrants have any more rights to the land, historically, than most Palestinians. Yet they scream the loudest.

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2. True, stone cold Zionist wackjobs.

And a large part of DU's pro Israel crowd loves them.
Fundies in America? Bad.
Fundies stealing land in Israel? Good.