Arrest of Settlers On Terror Charges Inflames Hebron

[CitizenDick]

http://www.forward.com/issues/2003/03.08.01/news10.html

JERUSALEM — A pair of Jewish settlers from Hebron, arrested on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist cell, remain behind bars this week following legal maneuvers that have pitted many hard-line settlers against Ariel Sharon's government.

Yitzhak Pass — father of Shalhevet Pass, the 10-month-old killed by a sniper's bullet in Hebron on March 26, 2001 — and his brother-in-law, Matityahu Shvu, were arrested July 17 on charges of "security crimes." The court issued a gag order on the details of the case. Their remand was extended by another week last Monday by Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge Noam Solberg, who cited both intelligence and "material evidence" as reasons for keeping them in jail.

The suspects have also been forbidden from meeting with their lawyers. The Supreme Court this week rejected an appeal of this provision, saying the two are suspected of belonging to a terrorist cell.

Jewish civilians are suspected of carrying out about a dozen shooting attacks against Arabs since the outbreak of the intifada in 2000, including several attacks around Hebron. In all, seven Palestinians were killed and 19 wounded in the attacks, which authorities believe are the work of Jewish terrorist cells.


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[DarkPhenyx]

1. Wow!

nice to see this story actually get some press. Too many people don't realize that there are "terrorists" on teh Isreal side of the Intifada as well.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

2. But there IS a difference between Palestinian and Israeli terrorists...

Palestinian terrorists are killed or imprisoned for life, while their families are harrased, sometimes killed and often made homeless. However, Israeli terrorists get this:

Members of the group, which came to be known as the "Jewish terrorist underground," were sentenced to terms ranging up to life in prison, but all were eventually granted presidential clemency and released.

Yep, there IS a difference.

[newyorican]

3. sounds like the dreaded...

revolving door policy for "terrorists". *gasp*

[CitizenDick]

4. That can't be!

Israel despises terrorists! Brown ones, anyway.