Settlers curse German lawmakers touring Hebron

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Police forced to intervene after group of right-wing activists began insulting German legislators near Tomb of the Patriarchs in West Bank city. Israeli ambassador in Berlin to personally apologize

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3533262,00.html

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"A group of German members of parliament encountered a less-than-welcoming reception as they toured the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday.

As they approached the Tomb of the Patriarchs, several Israeli settlers and right-wing activists began calling out insults towards the lawmakers until a local police force stepped in and came between the two parties.

The officers then escorted the German group until their departure. Officials from the Judea and Samaria District Police said they were investigating the incident.

On Thursday the legislators, members of the German parliament's law committee, issued a statement saying they had been cursed and threatened by the settlers and forced to break off their visit after Israeli troops refused to intervene.

"The Israeli police and army showed no willingness to step in and said they couldn't guarantee the safety of the delegation," the statement said. "In order to give the peace process a chance, the members of the law committee, as friends of Israel, appeal to the Israeli authorities to rein in the fanaticism of Jewish settlers."

[annabanana]

1. fundies is fundies. . . . . .n/t

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[Glorfindel]

3. Actually, you make a very valid point - tyranny is tyranny

I'd never really thought about it that way before.

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4. IDF troops do nothing as Hebron settlers threaten German MPs

A group of Jewish settlers in Hebron insulted and threatened a visiting German parliamentary delegation touring the West Bank city on Thursday. The German embassy in Israel protested to the Foreign Ministry that Israel Defense Forces soldiers and police officers did nothing to stop the settlers' attacks. The German group cut short its visit to the city after the incident.

The IDF declined to comment on the incident, while the Israeli embassy in Berlin issued an apology.

Seven members of the German parliament's law committee toured Hebron, the West Bank's largest city. The IDF control the center of the city to protect several hundred Jewish settlers living there. At the start of the visit, the legislators were cursed, insulted and threatened by a small group of settlers, the visitors said in a statement on Thursday.

"The Israeli police and army showed no willingness to step in and said they couldn't guarantee the safety of the delegation," the statement said. "In order to give the peace process a chance, the members of the law committee, as friends of Israel, appeal to the Israeli authorities to rein in the fanaticism of Jewish settlers."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/976106.html

[BunkerHill24]

5. German money is welcome but not the Germans!

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Israel asks Germany to fund Holocaust survivors' stipends

By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent

Israel has asked the German government to fund an annual NIS 150 million in stipends for about 8,000 Holocaust survivors. Representatives of the prime minister on Sunday provided survivor organizations with a summary of their negotiations, including a few new details.



http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/904088.html

[notfullofit]

7. And so they should,

that and more. Even so, it could never be enough.

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6. U.S. envoy cuts short Hebron trip after clash with settlers

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"The American bodyguards of a Bush administration envoy who was dispatched to the region to monitor the implementation of the road map engaged in a violent confrontation with right-wing Israelis who sought to disturb a visit to Hebron on Friday, Israel Radio reported.

One of the rightists is reported to have driven his jeep into the convoy accompanying General William Fraser. Subsequently, one of the vehicles in the convoy heavily collided with the jeep, according to Israel Radio.

A fracas ensued between the guards and the rightists before the Americans decided to cut the visit short, Israel Radio reported."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/980193.html