Violent Clashes during a Settlement Evacuation

[Az]

Noone, automatically. They can sue the settlers in a civil court though.

[Ecthy]

the EU

[Az]

You mean via the PNA? Try again.

[Eli]

Two new outposts were founded near Hebron in the last hours.

[Ecthy]

why? we always build up what you guys later destroy. like their airport.

sue!

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Eli
Two new outposts were founded near Hebron in the last hours.

This could grow to be an interesting game of whack a mole if Sharon is serious about cracking down on illegal settlements.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Azazel
Noone, automatically. They can sue the settlers in a civil court though.

I highly doubt they could sustain a trial in an Israeli court, especially since the Settlers are likely to be backed by some settler-sympathizers who'll hire top-notch lawyers. And I'm also sure that a Palestinian court, if it bothers doing something despite not being bribed, won't have any impact on these Israeli settlers.

Hence, IIUC, these farmers are screwed bigtime, and their work of a lifetime is ruined. Way to go if you want to stop the hatred between the two populations

[Az]

You did build it ( actually, AFAIK, it wasn't your cash), but it was the Palestinians' Airport. We were at war with them. Bang.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Eli
Two new outposts were founded near Hebron in the last hours.

When do the bulldozers barge in ?

[DanS]

This doesn't look good to the outside world, since it makes all of the Palestinian accusations appear to be true. Just as the PA can't control its militants, neither can Israel.

[Az]

I highly doubt they could sustain a trial in an Israeli court, especially since the Settlers are likely to be backed by some settler-sympathizers who'll hire top-notch lawyers. And I'm also sure that a Palestinian court, if it bothers doing something despite not being bribed, won't have any impact on these Israeli settlers.

Believe me, you'll have good lawyers for both sides. Like the Barguti's lawyer. There are organizations that will finance this, and some lawyers will volounteer. There are precendents, you know.

and their work of a lifetime is ruined

It's a wheat field.

[Ecthy]

they'll buy crops elsewhere instead and sue the Israeli settlers on the same cost... there might be a chance there

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Azazel
Believe me, you'll have good lawyers for both sides. Like the Barguti's lawyer. There are organizations that will finance this, and some lawyers will volounteer. There are precendents, you know.

Glad to read that

and their work of a lifetime is ruined

It's a wheat field.

And an olive grove. Besides, the burning may have made the field les productive for quite some time. Indeed, I thought the burning included the farming tools, but that was my imagination speaking.
Fact is, it will need time and money to replant the fields (and especially the olive grove : how much time does an olive tree need to mature ?), and I highly doubt that Palestinians peasants have this money, if they don't get it back.

I hope the settler's purse will bleed to nothingness

[Az]

Besides, the burning may have made the field les productive for quite some time.

I always believed it to be the other way around, burning making land more fertile....


ANYWAY, THIS IS NOT THE POINT.

I would also like to point out that the vast majority of the 200,000+ Settlers are nothing like that. They are just people that moved in search of cheap housing, and better financial conditions. It's just as wrong to generalize about them, as it is to generalize about the palestinians.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Azazel
I would also like to point out that the vast majority of the 200,000+ Settlers are nothing like that. They are just people that moved in search of cheap housing, and better financial conditions.

Actually, I thought the living conditions in the colonies were much harded than in the rest of Israel, with smaller wages and more difficult hounsing conditions / education for children / transportation etc.
This led me to believe that people became settlers not out of personal interest or something, but because of an enthusiastic belief in Eretz Israel and in the extension of the country...

Unsurprisingly, it led me to dislike settlers.