Israël : « trop de violence des colons », selon le général Gadi Shamni

Sur www.7sur7.be... "La majorité des gens se conduisent normalement. Nous parlons en fait d'un noyau dur de plusieurs centaines d'activistes parmi les 300.000 juifs vivant au-delà de la ligne verte", a dénoncé le général Gadi Shamni. [...] "Mais ce que ce groupe de gens font, provoquent de terribles dégâts pour l'image de marque de l'armée et l'Etat d'Israël, tout en portant atteinte à nos capacités à mener à bien nos missions de sécurité dans les territoires" palestiniens, a ajouté le général Shamni. Ces dernières semaines, des colons ont agressé des soldats chargés de les protéger contre des attaques de Palestiniens.

Last update - 04:52 02/10/2008
IDF West Bank commander: Rightist violence encouraged by settler leaders
Tags: Israel news, Gadi Shamni on Haaretz

Israel Defense Forces GOC Central Command Major General Gadi Shamni has leveled harsh criticism against extremist West Bank settlers who have attacked Palestinians and IDF soldiers in recent weeks. [...] "There has been a rise in Jewish violence in Judea and Samaria. In the past, only a few dozen individuals took part in such activity, but today that number has grown into the hundreds. That's a very significant change. These hundreds are engaged in conspiratorial actions against Palestinians and the security forces. It's a very grave phenomenon," he said. In recent weeks, settlers have let a dog loose on an IDF reserves company commander, broke the hand of a deputy battalion commander and punctured the car tires of a reserve soldier. In Hebron, a Golani Brigade officer was attacked after trying to prevent Jewish children from hurling stones at Palestinians. ...