Playing by jungle rules: rampaging right-wing West Bank settlers turn on the army and liberal opponents, raising serious fears of civil strife in the Jewish state.(CURRENT AFFAIRS)

The Middle East | December 1, 2008| | Copyright

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ISRAELI SETTLERS IN the West Bank, fearful they will be forced to evacuate their colonies under a peace deal, are increasingly turning to violence against the Palestinians, the Israeli Army and leftwing opponents.

Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned on 28 September that a new ultra-nationalist underground has gone on the offensive inside the Jewish state, raising the spectre of Israelis' worst nightmare: Jew fighting Jew. The liberal daily Haaretz has warned that "the laws of the jungle" are taking over in the West ...

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