Yitzhar settler held under detention order; IDF wants dozens arrested

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/573858.html

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"Senior Israel Defense Forces officers from the Central Command have been recommending the preventive arrest of dozens of extremists from the right - high profile activists who have been campaigning against the disengagement and organizing protests designed to obstruct the army's moves.

The targeted rightists are mostly residents of settlements in Samaria in the West Bank.

The first administrative detention order against a right-wing activist was issued Sunday. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed the order to detain Neria Ofen, a resident of Yitzhar, south of Nablus, and a well-known activist promoting Jewish control of the Temple Mount.

Ofen, 34, the father of four, was arrested by police at the Hizme checkpoint north of Jerusalem Sunday afternoon, on suspicion of involvement in planning attacks against Palestinians. He was taken to the Shin Bet security services' wing at Shikma Prison in Ashkelon where three men are already under arrest for allegedly attempting to block highways as part of the anti-disengagement protests."

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"Aside from his Temple Mount activism, Ofen has also long been suspected of involvement in attacks on Palestinians. His name came up, indirectly, during the investigation of Jewish terror cells suspected of involvement in the killings of eight Palestinians in 2001-2002. He was never arrested or even formally questioned in those affairs."

[The Magistrate]

1. An Excellent Idea, Sir

Let us hope it is acted upon....

"A nation is a group of people united by a mistaken view of history and hatred for their neighbors."