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August 19, 2005
Settlers Call Israeli Troops "Nazis"

From IOL News comes the latest report out of Gaza:

Die-hard settlers took to rooftops in the tiny Gadid enclave shouting "Nazis" as forces swept in, hours after clearing Gaza's main anti-pullout strongholds and all but breaking the back of opposition to ending 38 years of occupation.

With the latest poll confirming solid support among the Israeli public for the first removal of settlements from land Palestinians want for a state, troops rushed to wrap up their toughest tasks before the start of the Jewish Sabbath at sunset.

Marching past flaming cars, unarmed riot troops surrounded Gadid's synagogue and forced their way in as 90 protesters, mostly radical youths who had locked themselves inside, lay on the floor. Some prayed. Others cried or shouted abuse.

In what has become a familiar scene this week, police wrestled them out one by one and carried them to waiting buses - as they had in raids on two other enclaves on Thursday.

"This is a desecration of everything that is sacred to Jews," said Boaz Puterel, 30, echoing the belief of ultranationalist Israelis that the Gaza Strip is part of God's gift to the Jewish people and should never be relinquished.

Read the rest of the story here.

Posted by Venomous Kate at August 19, 2005 11:40 AM | TrackBack
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