Israeli Soldiers Arrested Over Ties to ‘Price Tag’ Attacks
Accused of Sabotaging Military Vehicles in West Bank
The “price tag” attacks by West Bank settlers against Palestinians as well as the Israeli military have been a growing problem for the Israeli government, with intelligence community officials warning it is a situation which threatens to blow up in their face. But the latest arrests include three members of the Israeli military, suggesting the IDF may have to look at threats from within going forward.
Among those arrested was a “known West Bank activist” soldier who was already under investigation for forgery. Now, he’s being accused of having played a role in sabotaging military vehicles at the base he was serving in as part of a settler attack on the facility.
The arrests were not exclusive to the military, as a number of settlers were also reportedly arrested on charges of “vandalizing army property.” Though attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank are nothing new, the recent trend toward moves against the IDF has the Israeli government convinced of its need to act.
Such incidents have also expanded beyond the West Bank, with attacks against Christian and Muslim targets inside Israel itself. The “price tag” attacks are supposed to protest against the concept of Palestinian statehood.
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the lion
December 6th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
The Problem that the US Zionist Christian Right forget is that the attacks by Israeli Settlers isnt just on Muslims, the Attacks are on Christians as well, to the extent that some of the Christian Orthodox Priests who get spat at by Orthodox Jews are now Punching Orthodox Jews in the face for spitting at them. Price tag attacks are in fact Racist attacks on anyone who is not a Jew!
Agvo
December 7th, 2011 at 11:32 am
There's no difference between settlers and soldiers when it comes to abusing the Palestinians. And in fact the Israeli government looks the other way when attacks on the Palestinians occur. The arrest of the abusers is just a show, they are usually quickly released with little fanfare.
davidgrayling
December 7th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Israel is going the way of the Roman Empire: it is falling apart from within.
Let's hope it implodes soon, before it starts dropping nukes on its neighbours.
http://www.dangerouscreation.com
John Ellis
December 7th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
JEWS AND CHRISTIANS — WHY COMRADES IN ARMS?
For a half century the early Christian church was 99% converted Jews and everything was cut and dry — the Hebrew government crucified God, either you were a Christian pacifist who never used force to overcome evil, or you were still a Hebrew who killed in the name of God.
Then came AD 381 and the Emperor of Rome to publish the first Bible, the Latin Vulgate Bible with Scripture so corrupted that no longer did Christians need to be pacifists, actually now they had to bear the sward for government which made them most perfect for the Christian Crusades.
Then came a dead creed called Zionist Christianity, a religion often referred as “anti-Christ” which is actually anti-Christianity, which according to prophecy is destined to bring on the “battle of Armageddon.”