Nationalists’ Anger Spills Over into IDF Base

Arutz Sheva ^ | 13/12/11 | Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

[Eleutheria5]

Dozens of youths from Judea and Samaria entered an IDF base in Samaria late Monday night following rumors of an imminent destruction of a Jewish community. Several were arrested.

Clashes broke out between soldiers and the protesters, who burned tires and damaged some military vehicles. Police reinforcements helped chase the youth from the base while carrying out several arrests.

In the background to the incident were reports of another government attempt to destroy a Jewish community, while officials from the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria and from the government tried to hammer out an understanding on the legality of the communities and forestall another police expulsion of residents, usually carried out in the middle of the night with Arab workers who destroy or take away personal possessions.

Residents also heard that Defense Minister Ehud Barak had rejected or broke his word on an impending agreement, as has happened several times in the past.

The atmosphere has been highly charged since the High Court recently ordered the destruction of several communities by March even though it has been proven that some of the land involved not only was bought by Jews but also is not, and never was, legally owned by Arabs. However, the legal status of the Jewish communities has been denied because Barak has not signed necessary documents.

Monday night’s confrontation on the IDF's Ephraim base in Samaria occurred after residents of the community of Ramat Gilad heard that police were on their way to destroy their homes.

The residents told Arutz Sheva they believed "the army will attempt to throw us out of our homes and demolish them." Messages were sent out to other residents in Judea and Samaria to arrive to the community to help prevent its destruction.

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[Eleutheria5]

Groovy, man. Like, Occupy Machane Ephraim. That spells OME. Seriously, it's time this was stopped, before we have a civil war on our hands.

[Olog-hai]

The European Union is the one that cheers on the destruction of Jewish settlements in Israel the loudest, after the Islamists that is. I’d even say that the EU would let Israel into their domineering club faster than they’d let Turkey in.

[Eleutheria5]

In the unlikely event that they ever did invite Israel into the EU, we ought to politely but firmly decline. Let them save their own insolvent tucheses. Turkey doesn’t know how lucky it was to be excluded.