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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:30 PM Oct 2015

Israel Sends Four Battalions to West Bank After Settlers Killed

Source: Bloomberg

By Caroline Alexander
October 2, 2015 — 4:39 AM EDT

Israel sent four army battalions to the West Bank after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli settlers in a drive-by shooting that also wounded their children.

An army spokesman said the deployment was intended to prevent an escalation of violence south of the Palestinian city of Nablus, near the Jewish settlement of Itamar, where the killings took place on Thursday. The Israeli military is searching for the gunmen.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to increase security, saying the killings were the result of “Palestinian incitement.”

With peace talks between the two sides suspended for more than a year, tensions and violence have risen over the past month, especially at a Jerusalem shrine holy to both Muslims and Jews.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-02/israel-sends-four-battalions-to-west-bank-after-settlers-killed?module=TopNews&position=14_headline

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Israel Sends Four Battalions to West Bank After Settlers Killed (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2015 OP
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get even marginally better there nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #1
Yep. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #2
Nablus is part of Area A the 18% of the West Bank that is supposedly under azurnoir Oct 2015 #3
Israeli invaders killed, Jerusalem sends more nt msongs Oct 2015 #4
A better plan would be to remove all the "settlers" from Palestinian land Marrah_G Oct 2015 #5

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
3. Nablus is part of Area A the 18% of the West Bank that is supposedly under
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:18 PM
Oct 2015

complete Palestinian control, so are these 4 battalions deploying im the city in part or are they just sort of laying siege?

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
5. A better plan would be to remove all the "settlers" from Palestinian land
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:10 PM
Oct 2015

If he actually wanted peace. But we all know he doesn't.

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