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A shadowy quasi-organization aims to usurp the mainstream settlement lobby by launching a series of controversial demonstrations, moderate and radical settler leaders said Tuesday. On Monday evening, the group surprised the police and the media when it deployed several hundred protesters to some of Israel's busiest intersections during rush hour. They brought large swaths of the country to a halt as they scuffled with police and burned tires in protest of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. While some have dubbed it the "Jewish Tanzim," unofficial spokesmen for the mysterious group, affiliates of the right-wing...

Civil War "Talk" Heats Up 14:43 Feb 13, '05 / 4 Adar 5765 As tensions over the withdrawal/expulsion plan intensify, talk of a civil war or violence between Jews is also heating up. Some fear another Avishai Raviv-type provocation against the right-wing. The following items have been noted in recent days: * A resident of Itamar in Samaria was accused on Friday of having attempted to run over a policeman during a fracas over the deployment of a caravan. Eyewitnesses say that nothing of the sort occurred, other than the fact that a resident didn't stop when told to do...