Attacks by Israeli settlers are nothing new, but with a Palestinian statehood vote at the UN looming, spy agency Shin Bet is increasingly concerned that the militant settlers are no longer going to be content chopping down olive trees and spray-painting “death to Arabs” on mosques, and are going to move into serious terrorist activity.
Indeed, Shin Bet warned many of the groups are already engaged in “terrorist activity” related to planning attacks, and that some settlers are organizing themselves into terrorist cells aimed at attacking either Palestinians, or the Israeli military, or both.
The settlers have been talking up “price tag” attacks against Palestinians as a way to embarrass the Israeli government into leaving unauthorized settlements alone. Increasingly, however, the threats are extending beyond the Palestinians.
That, of course, is where the Israeli government has decided it can no longer ignore the issue. With settlers moving beyond attacking Palestinian villages and threatening Israeli citizens who live beyond the occupied territories, the threat of expanding home-grown terrorism is all too real.
Can't Israel control those settlers?
It would be a challenging operation to withdrawl the Settelers from the occupied territories as either a left or right wing leader would be assassinated. I think the least Netenyahu could do, is let all the Palestinian men out of jail and give the Palestinians the right of return so these poor abused People can defend them self's from those very, very scary right wing Israeli settelers that hold the Whole World in their Apocalyptic hate filled hands.
I forsee a repeat of the 1947/49 ethnic claensing in the West Bank, when Jewish terrorists drove the indiginuous population from their land, towns and villages. This time armed settlers will attack Palestinians and drive them out into neighboring countries. This has alway been the 'grand design' or 'final solution' of the Zionist fascists. However, Palestinians this time will not be driven out so easily. They have the right to resist and should be suplied with armaments to defend themselves, no matter from where they come..
We should all stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Ah shades of the Stern gang & Irgun of the 1930s – 40s End ALL Foriegn Aid to the Mideast now
The chickens are now coming home to–bomb the hell out of their handlers. Israel created the settlers as a way to steal as much Palestinian land as possible and create "facts on the ground." Now they can live with their terrorist creation. I just hope the US government doesn't decide to use our tax money to aid Israel's fight with its domestic terrorists. Time they cleaned up their own messes.
Ruling class terrorizing the people, old as civilization itself.
But such is not terrorism, for terrorism is a modern phenomena where oppressed people in a logical, systematic and organized way terrorize the ruling class.
If Israel is already aware of the settlers organizing into terrorist cells and whatnot, perhaps they should go ahead and arrest them and prosecute before they can carry out any attacks? Surely the Israeli authorities are fully informed as to what's going on within their own settlements, with their intelligence apparatus as capable as any in the world?
Then again, by announcing the fact ahead of time, Israel does give itself a layer of 'cover' for whatever happens later. My guess? They know exactly what is being planned and who is doing it and they are either letting it happen on its own or are actively supporting the operation(s).
Notice we saw a few weeks ago stories surfacing about the IDF providing small arms and grenades and the like to settlers to aid in 'defending themselves' against Palestinians- perhaps Israel deliberately armed them specifically in anticipation of the Palestinian move in the UN.
Israel is an expert in the fait accompli approach. After all, that's how it won all its wars.
This is meaningless.
On April 18, 2011, in an article entitled, "Israel Becomes the Settler State", Uri Avnery wrote:
"The other day, the almighty General Security Service (Shabak, formerly Shin Bet) needed a new boss. It is a hugely important job, because no minister ever dares to contradict the advice of the Shabak chief in cabinet meetings.
There was an obvious candidate, known only as J. But at the last moment, the settlers’ lobby was mobilized. As director of the “Jewish department,” J. had put some Jewish terrorists in prison. So his candidacy was rejected and Yoram Cohen, a kippah-wearing darling of the settlers, was appointed instead."
"Yoram Cohen, a kippah-wearing darling of the settlers, was appointed instead."
"Yoram Cohen, a kippah-wearing darling of the settlers, was appointed instead."
So, the Shabak is merely covering its backside when it claims that it is concerned about colonists launching terrorist attacks.
Israel has recently been providing the colonists with MORE weapons and MORE training in anticipation of the Palestinian declaration of statehood.
So, for the Shabak to suddenly play coy and feign concern is both deceptive and pathetic.
Should there be a massacre of Palestinians, the Israeli government can then go on 60 Minutes and claim, "We did our best to protect the Palestinians from those colonist thugs, but we can't be everywhere all the time".
That's the cover. Don't be played for suckers.
Well, time for Shin Bet to start arresting them and giving them the same treatment they give the Palestinians. Pre-emptive strikes, torture, night raids. Giddy up! Time is a wastin'