Specter of settlers' return looms over Hebron neighborhood

[Jefferson23]

HEBRON (AFP) -- Before they were evicted, the Israeli settlers threw bottles of urine, attacked children and poisoned a horse, according to Palestinian residents in Hebron- who now fear their former neighbors will return.

When Israeli soldiers evicted the settlers in 2008 and took over the Rajabi building in the West Bank city -- which is still home to hundreds of radical Israeli settlers -- even the daily drag of inspections seemed civilized by comparison.

But the nightmare looks set to resume for Palestinians living near here and another flashpoint property called the Abu Rajab house, both of which have been claimed by settlers in the heart of the tense city.

The settlers were forced out of the Abu Rajab house last year, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently ordered they be allowed back in after an Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper.

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[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. "but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently ordered they be allowed back in"

Well, that won't raise tensions at all.

[Violet_Crumble]

2. That's disgusting that they're being allowed back...

...and that hundreds of extremist settlers were allowed to stay in the Rajabi building in the meantime.

Let's hope Israel elects a government that is interested in peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and who evicts every single one of those radical settlers and makes them live in Israel...