Olmert condemns Jewish violence in Hebron as 'pogrom'

[cali]

- Summary
Posted : Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:33:08 GMT

Jerusalem - Saying he felt "ashamed," acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said violence by Israeli settlers in Hebron against local Palestinians last week and over the weekend was a "pogrom" and had to be stopped. "I say this after much thought. I formulate these words with the greatest care that I can. We are the children of a people whose historic ethos is built on the memory of pogroms.

"The sight of Jews firing at innocent Palestinians has no other name than pogrom. Even when Jews do this, it is a pogrom," he said.

"As a Jew, I am ashamed that Jews could do such a thing," he said, according to a transcript of his remarks at the start of Sunday's cabinet meeting.

"Defense Minister Barak and I have turned to the appropriate elements in order to assure that law enforcement authorities will take aggressive and sharp action to bring those responsible to justice and that law enforcement authorities' intolerable forgiveness toward lawbreakers from among the settler community will completely stop," he continued.

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[LeftishBrit]

1. He's right. It is. And it's disgusting.