If anyone had any doubts about the army vs. settlers “clashes” in Hebron being nothing but a sham (see my latest column), today’s Ha’aretz reports of the so predictable outcome:
The state and Hebron’s settlers reached an agreement early Monday morning under which Jewish squatters would voluntarily leave the city’s wholesale market by Monday night, Israel Radio reported. In exchange, they are to secure the state’s promise to speed up legal proceedings that would enable them to return to the market legally.
And what about the Palestinian merchants, who had used the market until they were driven out as a “security measure” (guess whose security) in 1994, after a Jewish terrorist murdered 29 Arab worshippers? –Forget about them; this game is excelusively for Israelis (and for the media).