After ignoring its own rules for its unilateral settlement freeze and trying to pacify settlers with promises of money and new construction after the 10 month period ends, Israel is having a little trouble enforcing its dubious freeze.
Some settler factions which have been protesting vigorously since the announcement was made and appear none too impressed with the reality that the freeze is having little to no affect on settlement growth, have declined to allow the Israeli military in to supervise the freeze.
Israel’s far right coalition government, used to getting its own way with the settlers it relies on as constituents, is threatening to crack down and hard, declaring their intention of sending commando units and drones into the settlements to enforce their will.
The settlers aren’t backing down either, however, promising a “series of surprises” for the army when it attempts to enter and demolish illegally built buildings. They cited the burning of a West Bank mosque earlier this month as an example. Though this proved something of an embarrassment to the Israeli security forces in that they never arrested those responsible, the military has never seemed overly concerned with the well-being of the Palestinian bystanders. It is hard to imagine the settlers are banking on this concern being sufficient to stop military action in this case.
Use drones!
religious zealot are the same no matter the religion and pointing guns at them only hardens their faith, this generation has squander every chance for peace and has sowed the seed for many future problems… maybe a war with iran will distract people from that unpleasantness for a while
We all know what this settlement freeze is about. Israel is focused on Iran – their most powerful rival. They want the USA on their side. This settler revolt shows that time is running out. Israel needs to forget about getting Obama's favor and nuke Iran now. Once Iran is destroyed, the Palestinians will have no foreign protection. Then Israel can give the settlers a free hand to expel the Palestinians, and bulid anything anywhere they want.
Andrewp111 wrote: Israel needs to forget about getting Obama's favor and nuke Iran now.
Whether you are a paid pundit for the Isreali lobby or a pure lunatic, comments advocating
nuclear proliferation are completely irresponsible. What you wish on others will come back to haunt you. When the nuclear winds blow back into these disputed lands, these lands will be poisoned along with your children, perhaps for generations. But the old religious zealots of these dangerous times don't really give a damn about anything except their ideology. When religious
ideology is no longer tempered by compassion, it is damned itself!