Hillsong Zionazi's
Anarchy on the hilltops - By Ze'ev Schiff
There is something remiss in Israel's handling of the right-wing anarchists known as the "hilltop settlers." Up until a few years ago, they were called the "hilltop youth." Meanwhile, however, many of them have become
adults, with families of their own.
Recently, in two separate incidents, the misguided approach reared its head again. In one incident, two members of the group violently attacked Lieutenant Colonel Benny Shick, deputy commander of troops sent in to evacuate an illegal outpost. The culprits were identified as residents of Itamar and Alon Shvut, but the process of bringing them to justice has been appallingly slow.
In the second case, the hilltop settlers vandalized the security fence and electronic equipment belonging to the army near the settlements of Yitzhar and Havat Ma'on. The equipment was put there for their protection, but they
suspected the security services of using it to collect information about them.
They also vandalized vehicles and other Israel Defense Forces property. One gets the feeling that the arm of the law is not long enough to keep them in check.
The hilltop settlers are not the only anarchists around, but those on the left, whose actions are mainly directed against the security fence, are a fly-by-night group. The anarchists of the right the hilltop settlers are a
dangerous bunch. Disdain for the authority of state institutions and hatred of Arabs is part of their ideology. Some of them have served in the IDF, even in
elite units, but others refuse to serve. They are second and third generation offspring of the Gush Emunim settlers who rebelled against their parents.
Snubbing their noses at the Yesha Council, they call it the "Resha Council" (Council of Evil).
Many of the right-wing anarchists are armed. In most cases, they were given these weapons for self-protection by the regional security services. Some have stolen guns and explosives from the IDF. Caches of ammunition were discovered in a cave. After settlers set up a roadside ambush in the territories and killed several Palestinians, the authorities seized a machine-gun that had been stolen from a Golani army base.
The hilltop settlers have been involved in an entire slew of illegal and violent activities against the Palestinians in recent years, among them beatings and stealing their olive crops. When right-wing extremists are arrested, bringing them to trial and convicting them is often difficult. Dori Amior, the chief suspect in the plot to blow up an Arab school with a wagonload of explosives, was released by a Jerusalem judge for lack of sufficient evidence. The man went back to tending his sheep in the hills of Samaria. Security officials say that if the accused had been a Palestinian, he would have been thrown into jail for years on the basis of the same evidence.
People have the impression that this is a fringe group. But when they need lawyers to defend them, they receive aid from an association called "Haneynu" ("Give Us Clemency"), headquartered in Hebron. The two soldiers from the ultra-Orthodox army unit who planted a fake bomb in Jerusalem's Central Bus Station this past July obtained legal assistance from Haneynu. The fact that the hilltop settlers are receiving contributions from the United States is also a source of great concern.
The right-wing anarchists have no hierarchy of officers, organizational structure or commander-in-chief, but there are rabbis in the territories, like Dori Yudkevich, who have influence over them. Estimates put the size of the
group at around 300 settlers, with a few dozen hard-core members. A potential for Jewish terrorism lurks in the hills of Samaria. No wonder the Shin Bet security service says that if trouble comes from anywhere, it will come from here. This is where plots were hatched to blow up the Temple Mount and assassinate the prime minister.
Do we have enough intelligence on these groups? The Shin Bet says that in the intelligence community, there is no such thing as "enough." It prefers to describe itself as "reasonably informed" in the intelligence sphere. The
problem lies in gathering legal evidence, which is not being done properly, and bringing the cases to court, which tends to take too long in spite of all the government resolutions on the subject. As a result, there is very little that deters these individuals. HAARETZ
The BBC called the National- Bolshevics ' anarchists' too. All statists hate anarchism as reflex action...even when the anarchists aint anarchists at all.
There is something remiss in Israel's handling of the right-wing anarchists known as the "hilltop settlers." Up until a few years ago, they were called the "hilltop youth." Meanwhile, however, many of them have become
adults, with families of their own.
Recently, in two separate incidents, the misguided approach reared its head again. In one incident, two members of the group violently attacked Lieutenant Colonel Benny Shick, deputy commander of troops sent in to evacuate an illegal outpost. The culprits were identified as residents of Itamar and Alon Shvut, but the process of bringing them to justice has been appallingly slow.
In the second case, the hilltop settlers vandalized the security fence and electronic equipment belonging to the army near the settlements of Yitzhar and Havat Ma'on. The equipment was put there for their protection, but they
suspected the security services of using it to collect information about them.
They also vandalized vehicles and other Israel Defense Forces property. One gets the feeling that the arm of the law is not long enough to keep them in check.
The hilltop settlers are not the only anarchists around, but those on the left, whose actions are mainly directed against the security fence, are a fly-by-night group. The anarchists of the right the hilltop settlers are a
dangerous bunch. Disdain for the authority of state institutions and hatred of Arabs is part of their ideology. Some of them have served in the IDF, even in
elite units, but others refuse to serve. They are second and third generation offspring of the Gush Emunim settlers who rebelled against their parents.
Snubbing their noses at the Yesha Council, they call it the "Resha Council" (Council of Evil).
Many of the right-wing anarchists are armed. In most cases, they were given these weapons for self-protection by the regional security services. Some have stolen guns and explosives from the IDF. Caches of ammunition were discovered in a cave. After settlers set up a roadside ambush in the territories and killed several Palestinians, the authorities seized a machine-gun that had been stolen from a Golani army base.
The hilltop settlers have been involved in an entire slew of illegal and violent activities against the Palestinians in recent years, among them beatings and stealing their olive crops. When right-wing extremists are arrested, bringing them to trial and convicting them is often difficult. Dori Amior, the chief suspect in the plot to blow up an Arab school with a wagonload of explosives, was released by a Jerusalem judge for lack of sufficient evidence. The man went back to tending his sheep in the hills of Samaria. Security officials say that if the accused had been a Palestinian, he would have been thrown into jail for years on the basis of the same evidence.
People have the impression that this is a fringe group. But when they need lawyers to defend them, they receive aid from an association called "Haneynu" ("Give Us Clemency"), headquartered in Hebron. The two soldiers from the ultra-Orthodox army unit who planted a fake bomb in Jerusalem's Central Bus Station this past July obtained legal assistance from Haneynu. The fact that the hilltop settlers are receiving contributions from the United States is also a source of great concern.
The right-wing anarchists have no hierarchy of officers, organizational structure or commander-in-chief, but there are rabbis in the territories, like Dori Yudkevich, who have influence over them. Estimates put the size of the
group at around 300 settlers, with a few dozen hard-core members. A potential for Jewish terrorism lurks in the hills of Samaria. No wonder the Shin Bet security service says that if trouble comes from anywhere, it will come from here. This is where plots were hatched to blow up the Temple Mount and assassinate the prime minister.
Do we have enough intelligence on these groups? The Shin Bet says that in the intelligence community, there is no such thing as "enough." It prefers to describe itself as "reasonably informed" in the intelligence sphere. The
problem lies in gathering legal evidence, which is not being done properly, and bringing the cases to court, which tends to take too long in spite of all the government resolutions on the subject. As a result, there is very little that deters these individuals. HAARETZ
The BBC called the National- Bolshevics ' anarchists' too. All statists hate anarchism as reflex action...even when the anarchists aint anarchists at all.
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