Jewish terror and its sources

[kramadas]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=332866&contrassID=2&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Jewish terror and its sources

Nine young Jewish men were arrested recently on

suspicion of planning and carrying out attacks

against Palestinians. At least one of them is

suspected of attempted murder, weapons violations,

and planning a crime involving dangerous

materials. All of the suspects are rooted deep in

Yesha (the Hebrew acronym for the West Bank and

Gaza) and its culture. All grew up on settlements

and all are faithful sons - to the point of

hallucinatory extremism - of the national

religious Zionism of the post-Six Day War period.

Some reside on outposts; some are the sons of

well-known rabbis and others are the younger

brothers of local leaders.

It is difficult to track and

collect evidence among the

groups of Jewish terrorists,

and sometimes it is nearly

impossible. The resources and

legal measures the Shin Bet and

police use against Israeli

citizens living in the

territories are significantly

weaker than those used by the

Shin Bet and army against Palestinians.

The Shin Bet, which has chalked up impressive

achievements in its intelligence campaign

against some of the Palestinian terror

organizations, has found it difficult to

penetrate the hard core of extremists living in

the settlements. Even after collecting evidence

and making arrests, the material in the hands

of the police is not always sufficient to

accurately reflect the seriousness of the

offenses. This time, however, the security

services have succeeded in uncovering evidence

that is more than circumstantial, evidence that

points toward deep and complicated links

between the nine suspects and earlier Jewish

terror organizations.

The ostensible gap between the leads collected

by the Shin Bet, army and police, and the

evidence that will ultimately be presented by

the prosecution enables the suspects and their

close associates to contend that the

authorities have leveled false charges against

them that will be quickly disproved. This

contention, wrapped in self-righteous concern

for the civil rights of the suspects, enjoys an

appalling resonance among the settlers. So far,

none of the leaders or rabbis of the Yesha

Council of Jewish Settlements have condemned

even the idea of a Jewish terror organization.

On the contrary, most are demonstrating an

understanding forgiveness for the actions

attributed to the suspects.

There is not and cannot be any justification for

acts of terror. Not for reasons of revenge and

not out of eccentric hallucinations about

expediting the Redemption. Even the excuse that

this is blood vengeance exacted by those

attacked by Palestinian terror is a lie. Jewish

terror arose from the dubious soil of the

occupation, in the dark shadow of violent

messianism. No initiative for acts of revenge

has emanated from the homes of bereaved

families in Afula, and no terror group has

organized in Mea She'arim or Kfar Sava.

The recent arrests demonstrate that the nests of

terror exposed from time to time in the homes

of Yesha settlers are not a marginal

phenomenon. Rather, they are the central idea

of the settlements taken to an extreme. If the

settler community had issued a strong and

unequivocal statement expressing reservations

about the extremists in their midst, this

organization of terrorists might have been

nipped in the bud. It would be appropriate for

the settlers and their leaders to denounce the

distorted version of the settlement philosophy

their sons have adopted. But this type of

denouncement will not relieve them of the

responsibility for this phenomenon.

[kramadas]

bump - strange, no-one wants to read about Jewish terrorism...guess ignorance is bliss.

(only two views, both mine).

[igloo]

Originally posted by raver_mania

bump - strange, no-one wants to read about Jewish terrorism...guess ignorance is bliss.

(only two views, both mine).

I guess the real lesson learned here is that Israel actually arrests their bad elements...

[kramadas]

Originally posted by igloo

I guess the real lesson learned here is that Israel actually arrests their bad elements...

NOt really...it says in the article the "resources" to arrest Jewish terrorists are much weaker than to arrest their Arab counterparts.

Basically, not much effort put into arresting Jewish terrorists.

[igloo]

Originally posted by raver_mania

NOt really...it says in the article the "resources" to arrest Jewish terrorists are much weaker than to arrest their Arab counterparts.

Basically, not much effort put into arresting Jewish terrorists.

1) It may be "weaker" but nevertheless, the effort is still there. Can not say the same for the PA.

2) On this arrest, it states "This time, however, the security

services have succeeded in uncovering evidence

that is more than circumstantial, ............"

Which shows an increased focus and effort.......again, the same can not be said for the PA.

Quite frankly, there is absolutely no basis for comparison whatsoever.

[djxeno]

hey hey wait jews do not commit terrorism ok. they are just defending thier country.

[sassa]

it's clear and blatant racism that keeps jewish terrorists from being arrested. i'm surte they could have filled the prisons with loads of them, but choose not to, since a great deal of these people live in these illegal settlements in the west bank and gaza. what kills me is why would you place yourself in imminent danger when you KNOW the palestinians have been living on these lands for almost a thousands years and are as stubborn as the jewish side is in keeping it? anyone know why a great deal of these folk are orthodox, hassidim jews? look in their torah, see what it says about being jewish compared to not being, and that will give you the answer.