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Jewish settlers are terrorising Palestinians, says Israeli general - Middle East, World - The Independent

Jewish settlers are terrorising Palestinians, says Israeli general - Middle East, World - The Independent
A senior Israeli army commander has warned that unchecked "Jewish terror" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank threatens to plunge the territory into another conflict.

In unusually outspoken comments, Major General Avi Mizrahi took aim at extremist Israeli settlers, and said the yeshiva, or religious seminary, in Yitzhar, one of the most radical Jewish strongholds in the West Bank, should be closed, calling it a source of terror against Palestinians.

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