IDF seeks arrest of dozens of far-rightists; Yitzhar settler held

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Senior Israel Defense Forces officers from the Central Command have been recommending the preventive arrest of dozens of extremists from the right - high-profile activists who have been campaigning against the disengagement and organizing protests designed to obstruct the army's moves.

The targeted rightists are mostly residents of settlements in Samaria in the West Bank.

The first administrative detention order against a right-wing activist was issued Sunday. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed the order to detain Neria Ofen, a resident of Yitzhar, south of Nablus, and a well-known activist promoting Jewish control of the Temple Mount.

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Military sources said Sunday there was a consensus among the Shin Bet, the IDF Central Command, the State Prosecutor's Office and the Military Advocate General's Office that Ofen should be detained. "There was unequivocal information about his plans to harm Arabs in the near future," the sources said. "That's why such an unusual step was needed."

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