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Israel cracks down on Jewish extremists with new arrests
[FOXNEWS] Israel intensified its crackdown on Jewish snuffies Sunday, imprisoning two high-profile ultranationalist Israelis for six months without charge and arresting additional suspects in West Bank settlement outposts, security authorities said.The crackdown comes after a deadly July 31 firekaboom on a Paleostinian home in the West Bank that killed an 18-month-old boy and his father and severely maimed his mother and brother. Tensions have soared since that attack and on Sunday, Israeli troops shot and killed a Paleostinian who had stabbed an Israeli in the West Bank, wounding him lightly. Authorities called the arson attack an act of "Jewish terrorism," and Israel's Security Cabinet approved the use of harsh measures to combat the trend, including administrative detention, which allows suspects to be held for lengthy periods without charge. The measure has been mainly used against Paleostinians suspected of involvement in murderous Moslem groups, and rarely against Israelis. Posted by: Fred 2015-08-10 |
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