September 2, 2015
THE PRICE OF HYGIENE:
Israel's enemy within: Young militant settlers (Shira Rubin, 8/23/15, USA Today)
Many of the extremists are associated with the so-called "price tag" movement, which vows to exact a "price" by attacking Palestinian properties or people whenever Israel attempts to curb Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The origins for the movement date back 10 years, when large-scale Israeli evacuations of settlements from Gaza were perceived as a violation of both Jewish law and the peoples' prospects for redemption. [...][Meir Ettinger, the grandson of the famed ultra-nationalist Rabbi Meir Kahane,] wrote on his blog that rather than prosecute "Arab terrorists," Israeli police busy themselves with groups like the "hilltop youth," young activist settlers that camp on hilltops in the West Bank, and "Lahava," a youth organization that seeks to prevent intermingling between Arabs and Jews.According to the Shin Bet -- Israel's security agency -- members of Ettinger's "price tag" offshoot movement called "the revolt" meet at night at different locations, share information on how to get Molotov cocktails and remain silent during police investigations, as well as plot schemes for creating anarchy and overthrowing the Israeli government in favor of a "Jewish kingdom."
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2015 5:44 PM
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