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Dear William,
I found this article very upsetting. What is your opinion on what to do
about this on-going problem? Is there a good guy here? Should we get in the
middle of this? Interested, Ashley
>From: William Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: [CTRL] Israeli Terrorism New Terror In West Bank
>Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:19:26 EDT
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>Vigilante killings bring new terror to West Bank
>By Alan Philps in Idna
>(Filed: 21/07/2001)
>
>JUST when it seemed things could not get worse between the Israelis and the
>Palestinians, a dangerous new ingredient has been added to the mix: Jewish
>terrorism.
>
>Hundreds of Palestinian mourners travelled to the village of Idna, a
>previously quiet spot on the West Bank, yesterday to bury three members of
>the Tmaizeh family shot when a suspected Jewish terror cell fired on their
>mini van.
>
>There was no suggestion that the van was shot at for any reason other than
>to
>kill as many Palestinians as possible in one ambush.
>
>The Tmaizeh clan had good relations with the neighbouring Jewish settlement
>and Idna was almost untouched by 10 months of intifada. There is no
>militant
>graffiti, no portraits of gun-carrying "martyrs".
>
>That has changed. Yesterday the village was plastered with pictures of Diya
>Tmaizeh, two months, spattered with blood and still wearing his disposable
>nappy, the only child of a mother who had waited 10 years for a family.
>
>The caption read: "A new page in the crimes of Ariel Sharon [the Israeli
>Prime Minister] against the children of Palestine."
>
>Two relatives were killed: Mohammed Saleh Tmaizeh, 22, and Mohammed Hilmi
>Tmaizeh, 21, who was married last month. His wife, May, lost a leg, one of
>four girls and young women severely injured.
>
>The Israeli government denounced the killing and promised to find the
>vigilante gang. The Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, said the crime was
>abominable.
>
>The Settlers' Council, representing the 200,000 Jewish settlers in the West
>Bank and Gaza Strip, said: "If it turns out that this loathsome act was
>committed by an Israeli, we condemn him with all severity."
>
>But hardline settlers warned of vengeance. Palestinian gunmen have killed
>more than 30 settlers and they feel that they are "sitting ducks", deprived
>of the protection which the army ought to provide.
>
>At the funeral service, young Palestinian militants called for the road
>used
>by the settlers to be "set on fire with stones, bullets and bombs".
>
>The imam of the mosque in Idna echoed calls for revenge and martyrdom. "The
>killers of prophets will have no presence in our land," he said, meaning
>the
>Israelis. "Those who wish for a place in Paradise should look to
>Jerusalem."
>
>Violence by settlers is nothing new, but until last month it was restricted
>mostly to hot-headed acts of vandalism, such as burning cars, houses and
>crops. The triple murder on Thursday night was clearly a random act of
>terrorism.
>
>Abdel-Hadi Tmaizeh, 56, whose house looks on to the main road, said the
>mini
>van arrived at the junction at 9.30pm carrying seven members of the family
>home from a wedding feast. A white car was parked in the centre of the main
>road, making as if to turn towards the village.
>
>The driver signalled to the van to go ahead and it turned in front of the
>car. Then two men each emptied a full magazine into the back of the van and
>sped to safety through an Israeli army checkpoint less than a mile away.
>
>Abdel-Hadi Tmaizeh said: "An Israeli army jeep arrived on the scene at the
>same time as we did. But the officer was in no hurry to radio to the
>checkpoint to stop the criminals."
>
>Concern over settler vigilante groups has been rising. The security
>services
>have announced that one Jewish "terrorist cell" is operating near the
>Palestinian town of Halhoul, a short distance to the east of Idna.
>
>Abbas Zaki, the senior Palestinian representative at the funeral, said: "If
>the Israelis are going to destroy us, they will destroy themselves too.
>Both
>sides will lose and only the fanatics will win." He added darkly: "We have
>more fanatics than they do."
>
>At the Jewish settlement of Adoura, where 20 families live in red-roofed
>houses across the valley from the 18,000 Palestinians in Idna, there was
>consternation.
>
>Aryeh Shanki, who works for a construction firm said: "I know the Tmaizehs
>and they are all good people. There has not been any violence at all around
>here. Someone from outside just ruined our life and sped off. I want our
>life
>to stay the same, but I fear it will only get worse."
>
>The problem for the Israeli army is that the conflict now seems to be
>between
>uncontrolled fanatics on both sides, casting it in the mould of Lebanon or
>Bosnia, with the Israelis losing moral authority.
>
>Gerald Steinberg, professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University,
>said: "There is a vast consensus in Israel that these people must be
>caught.
>It is very important for Israel's self-image that we believe the army is in
>control and that the settlers are not acting like a Lebanese militia. If
>that
>were the case, we lose all authority."
>
>Human rights organisations say the problem is much deeper than catching a
>few
>"terrorists". The settlers are armed and trained by the military and have
>always had lenient treatment from the courts.
>
>Lior Yavne of B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights organisation, said: "The
>blame lies with the Israeli government which has not enforced the law
>against
>Israeli citizens in the occupied territories for a long time."
>
>Its figures indicated that in 119 cases of Palestinians killed by Israeli
>civilians in the occupied territories, there have been only 16 convictions
>on
>serious charges such as murder, manslaughter or complicity to murder.
>
>The violence continued last night. A Palestinian man died and at least
>three
>were injured when two explosions ripped through a house next to the local
>office of Yasser Arafat's Fatah party in the West Bank city of Hebron.
>
>Palestinian security officials said the explosions were caused by rockets
>fired from a helicopter.
>
>
>
>
>
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