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Hamas plans to attack Judea and Samaria - Sharon locks Jews inside Gaza - calls anti deportation protests "savagery"

Arab stonethrower who claims he was attacked by Jews stands up and gives interviews
June 30, 2005

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Thursday, June 30, 2005 / 23 Sivan 5765



(IsraelNN.com) Hamas terrorists have published on its web site that is producing Kassam rockets in Judea and Samaria and will use them in an escalation of violence against Israel, Rocket attacks will be a response to the construction of the security fence along the former 1948-1967 armistice border.

Hamas said the rockets are the "weapons of the hour" and will be used in the next stage of violence against Jewish communities.

(AP)

Fur Juden Verboten in the West Bank

Soldiers keep an eye on Gaza residents to avoid their resisting deportation

Israeli attacked by Arab stonethrowers is helped by friends after soldiers confront West Bank residents resisting deportation. The Arabs who began throwing stones falsely claimed that they were attacked. One of the Arabs who pretended to be wounded stood up and gave a media interview- and was seen joking with his friends. (see article below)

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Another eyewitness to the fight stated, "The Arabs were the ones who started throwing rocks, just like they've known how to do for the last 20 years. The media people who were there knew that this boy, the one who was 'mortally wounded,' came up to us and threw rocks. And so we threw back."

"It's interesting how someone who is critically wounded gets up on his legs and laughs with his friends and gets interviewed while he's critically wounded," she added.

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MIM: The Promised Land vs . La la land :

"..."I will not be intimidated into canceling the withdrawal from Gaza," Sharon told the crowd. After the withdrawal, he said, "we will promise the people of Israel a future of peace and tranquility..."

MIM: The acts of "savagery , vulgarity, and irrresponsibility" that Sharon is referred to in his speech ( see below) had nothing to do with the Arab attack which left this Israeli injured and bleeding, nor is the Israeli prime minister's outrage directed against the terrorists who shot two Jewish teens in the head last week, or continue to fire mortars in the West Bank towns killing Jewish men, women and children, but at the Jewish citizens his government has failed to protect .

The residents of Gaza who are against being evicted from their homes and have been subject to relentless terror attacks which are continuing and leaving scores of men, women, and children dead and injured.

Some towns West Bank have had to bury 10% of their residents who were murdered by terrorists while trying to keep a Jewish presence in Gaza which the government had sanctioned and encouraged.

In sharp contrast to the venom he spewed against Jewish protestesters, Sharon had only kind words and support for Paid Terrorist chief Abu Mazen. At a recent meeting when Mazen asked him to release more terrorists Sharon gave him what was termed 'friendly advice ' .

Now the Israelis have cordoned off the Gaza Strip and are laying siege to the Jewish towns there. Which begs two question as to why a crackdown like this which took place within 24 hours was never used against terrorists?

Where is the international outcry over this blatant breach of 'human rights' where Jewish children and women have been beaten and jailed ?

Had the same measures been used against the terrorists by the Israeli army,the 'endlosungsfada' would have been ended in 2 days.

Apparently Jews who defend themselves against deportation from their homes are now considered to be more dangerous then terrorists !

Yossi Sarid, the head of the pro Arab leftwing Meretz party, who has been deafeningly silent on the recent terrorist atrocities, which included the execution of two Jewish teens who were shot in the head by Arabs who double backed in their car to kill them) made this 'irresponsible and vulgar statement' referring to Jewish protesters, who he falsely and incitefully accused of 'carrying out a lynch' after they defended themselves against Arabs who were attacking them.

"What a pathetic country that the prime minister has to give an order to apprehend those who carried out a lynch," Sarid told Israel Radio. "Is there any one in the army or in the police ... Who can explain why they were not arrested at the scene?" he said.

The politicians rhetoric against the Jewish residents of Gaza, and Sharon's vow to take "every necessary step" proves that the terrorism problem could be solved in 24 hours and that the 'endlosungsfada' could have been quelled in one day as well.

That it is now the victims who are being vilified for defending themselves and trying to save the country from more terrorism, shows that political correctness has indeed reached suicidal proportions in Israel.

MIM: For the terrorists, in the meanwhile, it's business as usual.

This surrealistic exchange which recently took place between Sharon and Mazen shows how skewed the vison of the Israeli leadership has become to the point where they are expecting their mortal enemies to curb attacks against them and treating the people who are in the front line in the war on terror as the biggest threat to their security.

PLEADING that he was too weak to curb terror attacks against Israel, and asking for Israeli gestures that would strengthen him, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was told by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that if he acted weak he didn't deserve gestures.

The two men met for their first working session since their summit in February, shortly after Mr Abbas's election as head of the Palestinian Authority.

I'm weak," Mr Abbas said at one point. "Help me."

"Don't say that," Mr Sharon said, in a reply that seemed friendly advice rather than cynicism. "People might believe it."

Mr Sharon said Mr Abbas had sufficient forces to curb the militants if he wished.

The Palestinian leader, however, had made it clear after taking office that he would seek to disarm the militants by persuasion rather than force.

After Tuesday's meeting, a Palestinian official said: "Sharon wants to push us into a civil war and this won't happen."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15701301%255E2703,00.html

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An eyewitness to Wednesday's rock fight between Jews and Arabs in Muwasi says that the very Arab who was wounded [pictured throwing a rock] was one of the primary assailants.

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Israelis remove Jewish extremists from hotel

About 10 busloads of soldiers and paramilitary police raided the Palm Beach Hotel and went room-to-room to remove the extremists, who had stockpiled food and surrounded the hotel with barbed-wire fences.

In an interview published Thursday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he ordered police to crack down on the extremists.

"This bothers me exceptionally. This is an act of savagery, vulgarity and irresponsibility," Sharon told the Haaretz daily newspaper. "The country's citizens must understand this danger, and every measure must be taken to end this rampaging."

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Israel Shuts Gaza - To Jews
JERUSALEM, June 30, 2005


The Israeli military on Thursday isolated the Gaza Strip, declaring it a "closed military zone" to prevent Jewish extremists from going in after a series of violent incidents in recent days.

Tension has been rising with Israel's planned pullout from Gaza less than two months away, reports CBS News Correspondent Robert Berger. Only residents of Gaza are now allowed to enter and leave the area, in an attempt to prevent Jewish militants from entering Gaza to resist the withdrawal. The settlers say the government has imprisoned them, before expelling them.

Also Thursday, a group of about 50 Gaza pullout opponents briefly blocked a main Jerusalem thoroughfare, police said. The attempt came a day after hundreds of protesters shut down main thoroughfares throughout Israel by lying down on the roads. On Wednesday, police pushed, shoved and dragged protesters out of the road and used a water cannon to disperse the crowds.

Jewish extremists on Wednesday also clashed with both Israeli security forces and Palestinian civilians, severely wounding a Palestinian. Settlers and soldiers also clashed over the weekend.

"In the past day there has been another serious escalation of extremist activity," an army statement said. "There is intelligence information that more extremist groups are moving toward the Gaza Strip with the intention of strengthening their friends and to escalate the provocative acts."

The army sealed the Jewish settlements, preventing residents from traveling between the towns.

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers Thursday raided a Gaza Strip hotel to remove about 150 Gaza pullout opponents holed up inside.

About 10 busloads of soldiers and paramilitary police went room-to-room to remove the Jewish extremists, who had been blockaded inside for several weeks. They had stockpiled food and surrounded the hotel with barbed-wire fences.

Residents protested against the closure of the Gaza Strip.
"Why are they disturbing our daily life. People have to go out, work, carry on their day-to-day routine," Debby Rozen, a resident of the Neve Dekalim settlement told Israel Radio. "This is totally senseless," she said.

Cabinet Minister Haim Ramon said the purpose was to prevent Jewish militants from getting to Gaza.

"They will start to fight against all the military and all our soldiers in Gaza," Ramon said.

As soon as the closure was announced, at least one bus of right-wing activists left Jerusalem for Gaza, reports The Jerusalem Post, with more expected. Other extremists abandoned their vehicles near police roadblocks and hiked across Negev orchards in order to bypass the checkpoints.

In an interview published Thursday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he ordered police to crack down on the extremists.

"This bothers me exceptionally. This is an act of savagery, vulgarity and irresponsibility," Sharon told the Haaretz daily. "The country's citizens must understand this danger, and every measure must be taken to end this rampaging."

The extremists, who are opposed to Israel's planned pullout from Gaza and part of the West Bank, clashed with soldiers and Palestinians before being evicted from a house they commandeered on the Gaza sea shore Wednesday.

During the violence a Palestinian youth was seriously wounded when some of the Jewish youths cornered him, throwing stones at him and beating him unconscious. The incident was caught on film and sparked widespread condemnation across Israel.

Declaring Gaza a closed military area allows the army and police to remove anyone without a resident permit, making it easier for the security forces to control the area. Officials had said they reserved the right to seal off Gaza, saying the decision to do so would depend on the level of unrest.
Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra said police were doing all they could to apprehend those behind Wednesday's violence, which he called a "lynch" attempt. "We are obligated to find those who were behind this," he told Israel Radio.

The clash in Gaza showed that a handful of violent extremists could change the nature of Sharon's "disengagement" plan, from unarmed soldiers dragging protesting but otherwise peaceful settlers from their homes, to violent clashes, possibly with firearms, between security forces and extremists bent on foiling the evacuation any way they can. Disengagement, or Israel's withdrawal from all Gaza settlements and four West Bank settlements, is set to begin in mid-August.

"The battle now is not over the disengagement plan, but over the image and future of Israel and under no circumstances can we allow a lawless gang to try take control of life in Israel," Sharon told Haaretz.

The clashes came as extremists also attempted to tie up traffic throughout Israel, blocking several major intersections around Israel.

Police used a water cannon to disperse protesters blocking the highway at the entrance to Jerusalem, displaying a new determination to counter the disruptions.

Lawmaker Yossi Sarid of the dovish Meretz Party accused the police of failing to do more to prevent the violence in Gaza.

"What a pathetic country that the prime minister has to give an order to apprehend those who carried out a lynch," Sarid told Israel Radio. "Is there any one in the army or in the police ... Who can explain why they were not arrested at the scene?" he said.

Settler leaders also condemned the incident, saying the youths were from a violent fringe group and did not represent the settler movement. "There is no connection between Judaism and those who carried out this," said Shaul Yahalom, a lawmaker form the National Religious Party.

After sunset Wednesday, Palestinians fired several mortar shells at settlements in southern Gaza. A Thai worker was slightly injured, the military said.

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Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahyu (left) and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (right) flank Israel Democracy Institute president Prof. Arik Carmon at the annual Caesarea economic conference.

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We must leave Gaza to build Israel

June 30, 2005

We must leave the Gaza Strip - in order to build Israel," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday evening, addressing the annual Caesarea Conference on economics in Jerusalem. Sharon's keynote address maintained a positive note with regard to the disengagement process, even amid a week of increasing conflict, which he characterized as "the birth pains of a better era."

Sharon described a disengagement process that would benefit Israel defensively, economically, politically and socially. He reiterated his oft-stated belief that a pullout from Gaza settlements would enable the IDF to more effectively curb Palestinian terror in Gaza.

Diplomatically, Sharon said, the advantages of disengagement were clear. "We had to take the initiative into our hands. We had a choice—to be the leaders or the led, and we chose to lead," Sharon characterized the decision. He added that initiating the pullout improved Israel's international standing, proved to the world that Israel was "willing to make painful concessions," and put the ball into PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's court.

"This is the first time that the Palestinians will have to choose whether to build or to destroy; do they want to build for themselves or continue hatred and violence that will drag the people further into poverty," Sharon said, reiterating that if they choose the second path, the withdrawal will allow Israel to "deal with terror more effectively."

One could already see, Sharon insisted, the positive effects of the disengagement diplomatically and economically. Israel and the US, he said, are now in agreement over the next steps toward the Road Map. Sharon also highlighted the newly-signed natural gas agreement with Egypt.

Returning to a frequent mantra of Sharon's post-disengagement vision, the prime minister described a revisited Zionist ideal, in which pulling out of Gaza would free up funds to be used to support Jewish development in the Negev and the Galilee, improving for day-to-day security, engendering societal improvement, and closing gaps within Israeli society.

In line with his optimistic note, Sharon also offered conciliatory words to the disenfranchised settlers, who have recently constituted his most vocal and adamant opposition. "Change is not easy, and many try to avoid it. There are those who are affected directly by the change [disengagement], like the settlers of Gaza and northern Samaria, most of whom are wonderful people. I feel their pain and respect their protest," Sharon said.

"I love these people," Sharon continued, "even when their voices are raised against me in protest."

"A lot of work was put into finding individual solutions for the evacuated settlers – housing, employment, etc. There is a solution for everyone. They have a place in Israel, and in our heart," the prime minister said.

Sharon said the authorities would use a firm hand in dealing with anti-disengagement activists who were breaking the law. "We acted that way yesterday, and today as well," Sharon said. He commended the IDF soldiers and policemen who have been assigned "this difficult task."

The prime minister added that anyone "who cares for this country must stand up and voice his or her objections" to the violation of law.

"I will not be intimidated into canceling the withdrawal from Gaza," Sharon told the crowd. After the withdrawal, he said, "we will promise the people of Israel a future of peace and tranquility."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1404409.htm]

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Eyewitness: Wounded Arab in Muwasi Fight Was Primary Assailant Monday, July 4, 2005 An eyewitness to Wednesday's rock fight between Jews and Arabs in Muwasi says that the very Arab who was wounded [pictured throwing a rock] was one of the primary assailants. The eyewitness said told Arutz-7: "Suddenly a gang of about 30 Arabs started smashing us with rocks. I ran away and hid behind an army jeep. Suddenly, this Arab youth--the one who everyone claims was 'mortally wounded'--came around from behind me and threw this big concrete block right towards my head. He almost killed me!" Another eyewitness to the fight stated, "The Arabs were the ones who started throwing rocks, just like they've known how to do for the last 20 years. The media people who were there knew that this boy, the one who was 'mortally wounded,' came up to us and threw rocks. And so we threw back." "It's interesting how someone who is critically wounded gets up on his legs and laughs with his friends and gets interviewed while he's critically wounded," she added. Police announced Sunday night that they had caught Shimshon HaCohen-Citrin, an 18-year-old from the community of Nachliel. He is accused of being one of the three Jewish activists centrally involved in Wednesday's stone-throwing incident. Citrin is being charged with attempted murder and attacking police officers. Citrin's father, interviewed by Army Radio Monday morning, angrily accused the media of ganging up against his son for defending himself against Arab attackers. "The only lynch that has occurred is that perpetrated by the media against my son. This isn't the first time and it won't be the last. You haven't even examined the matter, and you're blaming Jews for things without any proof." Honenu, an organization providing legal assistance for those accused during anti-disengagement protests, is taking measures to fight the current anti-activist climate. "Under the current public atmosphere," said one Honenu official, "with the media continually referring to the incident as a 'lynching' and with politicians calling forcefully for the police to 'mete out justice to the lynchers' and the like, we fear that the three suspects will be sacrificed unjustly. We are coordinating and gathering all the testimony that shows the whole incident was staged and blown out of all proportion." The filmed victim, Hilal Ziad Al-Majaydeh, said in an interview that he did not remember being attacked by an 18-year-old civilian. Al-Majaydeh claims he sustained his injuries during an altercation with an IDF soldier

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MIM: More evidence of how the media distorts the news can be found in these two accounts of the same incident.

Jews who were attacked by Arabs on a beach in Gush Katif who acted in self defense were themselves arrested.

(IsraelNN.com) Shomron district police on Wednesday arrested a resident of Tapuach for allegedly firing his weapon on a Gush Katif beach on the Sabbath, injuring an Arab male lightly in a leg. As reported on Saturday night, visitors to the Maoz Yam Hotel in Gush Katif were attacked by Arabs while walking on the beach. One of the intended victims fired and wounded an attacker. The other attackers were also injured by members of the group defending themselves. Police automatically turned the intended victims into the villains, launching an investigation to apprehend the "perpetrator." Police have confiscated the Uzi sub-machinegun issued to the Tapuach resident for self-defense, and will be running ballistic tests to determine if the weapon was used to injure the Arab on the Gaza beach. Shimshon district police announced earlier the suspect will be brought before a remand hearing this morning at 9:00am. ------------------------------------------------------- Police arrest settler who shot at Palestinians http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1119406733266&p=1078027574097 "...Judea and Samaria Police, in conjunction with Shimshon District Police, arrested a 39-year-old settler from a settlement in the West Bank suspected of shooting at a group of Palestinians in Gush Katif on Saturday. On Monday, police issued arrest warrants for right-wing activists holed up in the Palm Beach Hotel in Gush Katif who are suspected of instigating clashes last week with Palestinians from the Muwassi - a Palestinian enclave within the Gush Katif settlement bloc. Four of the Palestinians were hospitalized

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Note that the headline reads : Maoz Residents attacked by Gazan Arabs and the article states that the police are indicating that "the Jews are suspected of attacking the Arabs without provocation ".

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