Six settler families live in Hebron IDF camp for a decade

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"Six settler families have been living in caravans inside a military camp in Hebron for more than a decade, and the Israel Defense Forces has no plans to put an end to this situation even though it is extraordinary and of questionable legality.

The settlers have been residing in a company-sized camp situated in Shuhada Street in Hebron, close to the compound of settlers in Beit Hadassah and Beit Romano.

The caravans are in the middle of the camp, and the settlers use both gates: the main gate, which leads out to Shuhada Street, which is also used by the soldiers, and the rear gate, which leads onto Beit Romano."

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"The IDF spokesman refused to comment on whether the army saw a problem with the fact that settlers and soldiers live in the same compound.

Dror Etkes, who heads the Peace Now monitoring of the spread of settlement activity, said the fact that the families reside in an army camp is a reflection of the "growing distortion in the relations between the IDF and settlers. The IDF stays in the territories because of the settlements, and they depend on the army for their existence. As usual, the tragic and continuous cost of this unhealthy coupling is borne by those who have no part in it."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/823259.html

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1. Hebron settlers

If anyone has any doubt about their mindset they should watch this. I don't know if this is representative attitude but the kids in this video are not who one wants for neighbors.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e1842edc4f

[breakaleg]

2. Unfortunately, I've seen many such videos floating around.

I don't know what portion of the setters share these attitudes and I wonder if that kind of information would ever become available. It certainly hurts Israel's standing on the world stage when people see for themselves this kind of thing.

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4. Charming guy.

I wonder if he's any relation to Ifat Elkobi:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3351255,00.html

[Tom Joad]

3. These settlers have all citizen rights under Israeli law. Palestinians that live next door do not.

That's why its called apartheid.