NYT: Israel Charges 5 Settlers in West Bank Army Base Clash

[DeathToTheOil]

JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors on Sunday charged five radical Jewish settlers with tracking troop movements in the West Bank and organizing a raid on an Israeli Army base there last month.

The indictment was the first sign of a promised crackdown on settlers whose increasingly provocative actions have been described by some Israeli officials as homegrown terrorism.

In recent years, small groups of radical settlers have pursued a policy known as “price tag,” attacking Palestinian civilians and vandalizing property as well as distracting Israeli security forces and damaging military equipment. The point is to either thwart, or retaliate for, any attempt by the Israeli Army or the police to dismantle property in illegally built outposts scheduled to be removed by the government.

Israeli leaders have expressed growing alarm at the actions by the settlers, including arson attacks against several mosques. But the December attack on the army base shocked much of country and drew a strong condemnation from leaders of the settler establishment, not least because the Israeli Army is responsible for protecting the settlements in the West Bank.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/world/middleeast/israel-charges-5-settlers-in-clash-at-army-base.html?_r=1&hp

[azurnoir]

1. Second Israeli MK admits to having given settlers information on IDF movements

National Union's Uri Ariel says 'if a person who transfers information about IDF movements is a spy, then I am a spy'; Likud MK Ze'ev Elkin was found to having given right-wing activists information on IDF earlier Sunday.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/second-israeli-mk-admits-to-having-given-settlers-information-on-idf-movements-1.406191

[boppers]

2. Two Jews, three opinions...

Got to be hard to keep a nation working.



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[uppityperson]

3. Unlocked after clarifying elsewhere.

LBN rules do not now prohibit all articles on I/P, if it is within SOP, it can stay. However, if rude super-partisans abuse the privilege, it will get locked and eventually SOP will get changed to reflect no I/P posts.

LBN SOP:
Post the latest news from mainstream news websites and blogs. Important news of national interest only. No analysis or opinion pieces. No duplicates. News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours. Use the published title of the story as the title of the discussion thread.

[DeathToTheOil]

4. Thank you!

[Poll_Blind]

5. Thanks for the clarification. nt

PB