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ANALYSIS / Hebron settler riots were out and out pogroms
By Avi Issacharoff
Tags: Hebron, settlers, Israel News 


An innocent Palestinian family, numbering close to 20 people. All of
them women and children, save for three men. Surrounding them are a few dozen masked Jews seeking to lynch them. A pogrom. This isn't a play on words or a double meaning. It is a pogrom in the worst sense of the word. First the masked men set fire to their laundry in the front yard and then they tried to set fire to one of the rooms in the house. The women cry for help, "Allahu Akhbar." Yet the neighbors are too scared to approach the house, frightened of the security guards from Kiryat Arba who have sealed off the home and who are cursing the journalists who wish to document the events unfolding there.
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The cries rain down, much like the hail of stones the masked men hurled at the Abu Sa'afan family in the house. A few seconds tick by before a group of journalists, long accustomed to witnessing these difficult moments, decide not to stand on the sidelines. They break into the home and save the lives of the people inside. The brain requires a minute or two to digest what is taking place. Women and children crying bitterly, their faces giving off an expression of horror, sensing their imminent deaths, begging the journalists to save their lives. Stones land on the roof of the home, the windows and the doors. Flames engulf the southern entrance to the home. The front yard is littered with stones thrown by the masked men. The windows are shattered and the children are frightened. All around, as if they were watching a rock concert, are hundreds of Jewish witnesses, observing the events with great interest, even offering suggestions to the Jewish wayward youth as to the most
effective way to harm the family. And the police are not to be seen. Nor is the army.

Ten minutes prior, while the security forces were preoccupied with dispersing the rioters near the House of Contention, black smoke billowed from the wadi separating Kiryat Arba and Hebron. For some reason, none of the senior officers of the police or the army were particularly disturbed by what was transpiring at the foot of Kiryat Arba. Anyone standing hundreds of meters away could notice the dozens of rioters climbing atop the roof of the Abu Sa'afan family home, hurling stones. Only moments later did it become apparent that there were people inside the home.

I quickly descend to the wadi and accost three soldiers. "What do you want from me? The three of us are responsible for the entire sector here," one said, his hand gesturing towards the entire wadi.

"Use your radio to request help," I said. He replies that he is not equipped with a radio.

A group of journalists approach the house. A dilemma. What to do? There are no security forces in the vicinity and now the Jewish troublemakers decided to put the journalists in their crosshairs. We call for the security guards from Kiryat Arba to intervene and put a halt to the lynch. But they surround the home to prevent the arrival of "Palestinian aid."

The home is destroyed and the fear is palpable on the faces of the children. One of the women, Jihad, is sprawled on the floor, half-unconscious. The son, who is gripping a large stick, prepares for the moment he will be forced to face the rioters. Tahana, one of the daughters, refuses to calm down. "Look at what they did to the house, look."

Tess, the photographer, bursts into tears as the events unfold around her. The tears do not stem from fear. It is shame, shame at the sight of these occurrences, the deeds of youths who call themselves Jews. Shame that we share the same religion. At 5:05 P.M., a little over an hour after the incident commenced, a unit belonging to the Yassam special police forces arrives to disperse the crowd of masked men. The family members refuse to calm down. Leaving the home, one can hear a settler yell at a police officer: "Nazis, shame on you." Indeed. Shame on you.

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      1.   avi issacharoff you are hysterical 01:57  |  harzion 05/12/08
      2.   Pogroms Must Stop 01:58  |  Larry Saltzman 05/12/08
      3.   Thanks 02:01  |  IntBrig 05/12/08
      4.   pogrom?move south 02:02  |  Arie 05/12/08
      5.   Multi-purpose sentence 02:04  |  Colin Wright 05/12/08
      6.   if they wanted to kill them why not use weapons 02:13  |  harzion 05/12/08
      7.   the question is whether this was the only case of "attempted 02:17  |  harzion 05/12/08
      8.   Shame on you for lying to us 02:20  |  Dovid 05/12/08
      9.   larry saltzman no palestinian has been lynched in hebron 02:21  |  harzion 05/12/08
      10.   If this is true ... 02:22  |  Elihu 05/12/08
      11.   Pogrom? 02:29  |  Mark Lincoln 05/12/08
      12.   Why Attack Arab Civilians? 02:35  |  Don 05/12/08
      13.   Harzion is blind 02:40  |  Daniel Trabelsi 05/12/08
      14.   Pogrom 02:44  |  Chana Weiss 05/12/08
      15.   Settlers gone wild 02:49  |  Fed UP 05/12/08
      16.   What to say... 02:53  |  Magnus K. 05/12/08
      17.   #1....If this is not terrorism...I dont know what is. 03:00  |  jo 05/12/08
      18.   whose going to re-imburse them with the cost of a new house/car? 03:03  |  jo 05/12/08
      19.   Israeli responses in replay 03:28  |  Leo 05/12/08
      20.   Jews Shold act as if it were jews attacked 03:59  |  Anthony Miguel 05/12/08
      21.   #1 These Settlers Don`t Understand Judaism 04:20  |  Noach 05/12/08
      22.   Harzion and Mumbai and Pakistan 04:30  |  bronxite10 05/12/08
      23.   Palestinians in masks 04:36  |  Edifice 05/12/08
      24.   Israeli settlers need to be stopped 05:00  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 05/12/08
      25.   Beginnings of pogrom if not meeting the exact definition.... 05:46  |  Smadar 05/12/08
      26.   harzion it`s you that is hysterical 06:20  |  rm 05/12/08
      27.   What do these people think? 06:22  |  GPS 05/12/08
      28.   Interesting how journalists never save Jews from acts of terror 06:25  |  McQueen 05/12/08
      29.   Semantics 06:52  |  Michael 05/12/08
      30.   Out of control. 07:19  |  Dudka 05/12/08
      31.   No other word but Aparthied for Israeli acts against Palestinains 07:13  |  Boha 05/12/08
      32.   To # 27/Moderators?can you post this one? 07:22  |  Hans 05/12/08
      33.   Enough is Enough 07:27  |  Human 05/12/08
      34.   The root of the problem 07:30  |  Vernon 05/12/08
      35.   Israel`s moment of truth 07:35  |  Gilles 05/12/08
      36.   barak and his marak 07:51  |  z 05/12/08
      37.   Price 07:52  |  Uri 05/12/08
      38.   Chana Weiss 07:54  |  Mark Lincoln 05/12/08
      39.   To Avi Issacharoff - Nothing like a Suicide-bomber 08:05  |  The Threadmill 05/12/08
      40.   I would just like to point something out 08:11  |  Zach 05/12/08
      41.   Yawn 08:12  |  David Scott 05/12/08
      42.   Pogrom? 08:21  |  Abe Cohen 05/12/08
      43.   Did anyone say this is terror? 08:24  |  Palestinian 05/12/08
      44.   #23 Edifice 08:29  |  Palestinian 05/12/08
      45.   A rational solution. 08:36  |  Jean Van Daem 05/12/08
      46.   These rioters bring shame upon Israel 08:39  |  Dafna 05/12/08
      47.   Some good will come of this; the world is watching 08:45  |  David Howard 05/12/08
      48.   they (the settlers) understand only violence 08:54  |  michael cohen 05/12/08
      49.   Not this YOU, Not this Convenant, not this nation, not this time 09:23  |  Clickfool 05/12/08
      50.   pogrom in every sense 09:58  |  just me 05/12/08
      51.   RIGHTEOUS GENTILE 09:59  |  SPINOZA 05/12/08
      52.   # 23 what an inane comment to make 10:01  |  eric 05/12/08
      53.   The truth about the "Jewish State" revealed 10:27  |  Chanalau, Tova 05/12/08
      54.   The propagandist "Jean van Daem" likes transfer 10:32  |  Clickfool 05/12/08
      55.   if stone throwing is described as lynching 10:43  |  harzion 05/12/08
      56.   Journalism gone WACKY!!!! 10:45  |  Jim 05/12/08
      57.   avi has given the likes of clickfool a chance 10:54  |  harzion 05/12/08
      58.   @Haaretz 10:57  |  Innocent bystander 05/12/08
      59.   These settlers... 11:00  |  Cashier 05/12/08
      60.   "POGROM"??? 11:02  |  Disgusted 05/12/08
      61.   So tell me... 11:05  |  Arthur W. 05/12/08
      62.   Please explain: 11:07  |  B. Hussein Osama 05/12/08
      63.   Baruch Gold #52 what planet you on? 11:07  |  emad 05/12/08
      64.   "put a halt to the lynch"? 11:11  |  Civilian 05/12/08
      65.   how this should have ben reported 11:15  |  harzion 05/12/08
      66.   Haaretz is so right 11:21  |  Citizen 05/12/08
      67.   Barch Gold describes a Jewish lynch mob as "heroes" # 53 11:25  |  Clickfool 05/12/08
      68.   REMEMBER BIALIK`S TOwN OF SLAUGHTER 11:26  |  AMIHAI 05/12/08
      69.   #1 Harzion 11:37  |  byachadAZ 05/12/08
      70.   "Jewish trerror "- nobody killed. Muslim terror - 11:40  |  17 05/12/08
      71.   Looks like propaganda, Jew against Jew 11:54  |  Harvey 05/12/08
      72.   Religious histeria 12:09  |  H Brauner 05/12/08
      73.   These Jewish Settlers should 12:10  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/12/08
      74.   pogrom 12:24  |  david 05/12/08
      75.   Israel must be forced 12:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/12/08
      76.   "Hebron settler riots can only be called `pogrom, 12:34  |  Akram Zekaria 05/12/08
      77.   Digging their own grave 12:46  |  MarkC 05/12/08
      78.   Baruch Gold #53 what planet you on? 12:48  |  emad salib 05/12/08
      79.   Don No 12 13:14  |  Jackie 05/12/08
      80.   Resignations awaited, b u t ??..? 13:33  |  H.H.M. 05/12/08
      81.   Resignations awaited, b u t ??..? 13:48  |  H.H.M. 05/12/08
      82.   No pogrom? 14:00  |  Solitude 05/12/08
      83.   Baruch Gold - 14:21  |  17 05/12/08
      84.   Disgusting and Unacceptable 14:23  |  Jane 05/12/08
      85.   British Mandate? 14:31  |  Paul 05/12/08
      86.   The biggest thread to the so called "west" 14:36  |  Israeli cititzen 05/12/08
      87.   Turnabouts fair play 14:36  |  Petra 05/12/08
      88.   Israel will not care 14:38  |  RRV 05/12/08
      89.   So What? 14:40  |  Mark Lincoln 05/12/08
      90.   Much more than a pogrom 14:41  |  Frank 05/12/08
      91.   Mr Clickfool, do you know different dimensions of a text? 14:41  |  Israeli cititzen 05/12/08
      92.   Haaretz shame on you. This is false reporting and alarmist 14:48  |  Post this 05/12/08
      93.   Another day... 14:52  |  Matty Groves 05/12/08
      94.   Time to Leave 14:57  |  Debbie 05/12/08
      95.   Hebron settler riots were out and out pogroms 15:14  |  Mikael 05/12/08
      96.   Cute 15:15  |  Shari Rosen 05/12/08
      97.   Resignations awaited, b u t ??..? 15:17  |  H.H.M. 05/12/08
      98.   Yes, it was a POGROM, against the Settlers 15:19  |  * BEN JABO 05/12/08
      99.   The settler`s rights. 15:29  |  David Nigel Braham 05/12/08
      100.   # 93, BEN JABO 16:23  |  indrajaya 05/12/08
      101.   Clickfool 16:48  |  Honest Observation 05/12/08
      102.   Palestinian in Jerusalem: yes it is terror, pure & simple - 16:52  |  ivo 05/12/08
      103.   #93, Ben Jabo, did you read the article? 17:24  |  Silvienne 05/12/08
      104.   A very disturbing, disgusting act, but no pogrom 17:40  |  SDHD 05/12/08
      105.   Resignations awaited, b u t ??..? 17:44  |  H.H.M. 05/12/08
      106.   Pitiful Magnus from Tronheim,when Norwegian peaceniks were fleein 18:10  |  Absolute Sweden 05/12/08
      107.   HAVE YOU GONE INSANE? 18:40  |  ps 05/12/08
      108.   Settlers 18:43  |  Anon 05/12/08
      109.   For Harzion # 57 19:00  |  Clickfool 05/12/08
      110.   RELIGIONS 19:01  |  amos 05/12/08
      111.   shame!!! 19:20  |  joshua 05/12/08
      112.   Chris Linthwaite #73 19:21  |  Axel 05/12/08
      113.   MarkC on Removal 19:23  |  Yaakov Sullivan 05/12/08
      114.   Appalling 19:24  |  Marshall E. Schwartz 05/12/08
      115.   Chris Linttwaite #75 19:26  |  Axel 05/12/08
      116.   watching israel self-destruct 19:48  |  fsf 05/12/08
      117.   45 Van Daem - Not Rational 20:00  |  Mark of Lewiston 05/12/08
      118.   Settler riots 20:15  |  Eliahu 05/12/08
      119.   Yes, a pogrom 20:28  |  Rockridge 05/12/08
      120.   the zio-state has to stop dumping its trash in the OPT 20:42  |  get real 05/12/08
      121.   Orwellian nonsense 21:04  |  Diane 05/12/08
      122.   * BEN JABO we know where you live 21:11  |  out of USA 05/12/08
      123.   I don`t understand 21:14  |  el jefe 05/12/08
      124.   * BEN JABO pogrom coming to you 21:32  |  helter skelter 05/12/08
      125.   Hero 21:36  |  ted heath 05/12/08
      126.   This is what Zionism has become . . 21:46  |  Paolo 05/12/08
      127.   Resignations awaited, b u t ??..? 21:49  |  H.H.M. 05/12/08
      128.   To the WB teenagers 22:49  |  Sean 05/12/08
      129.   Haaretz Using Propaganda and Lies Again 22:50  |  Baruch Gold 05/12/08
      130.   Out of line 22:57  |  Jasper 05/12/08
      131.   Diane #95: you`re out of your head, Diane - 22:57  |  ivo 05/12/08
      132.   Diane #95 23:08  |  Esther 05/12/08
      133.   Ben Jabo #92... a poor effort at response... 23:24  |  Esther 05/12/08
      134.   Face it. There will not be peace in M.E. with Israel there 23:37  |  Clickfool 05/12/08
      135.   issacharoff must regret this piece in the cold light of day 00:02  |  harzion 06/12/08
      136.   #91, Shari Rosen... 00:15  |  Silvienne 06/12/08
      137.   Pogram 00:41  |  Bill 06/12/08
      138.   SDHD #95: why so scared of what this is /might be? 04:02  |  ivo 06/12/08
      139.   There is no honor in fighting Jews. 04:31  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      140.   Balance of Power 04:37  |  Larry Ross 06/12/08
      141.   Thank you Avi 05:13  |  Ayan 06/12/08
      142.   134~ "Let us face it" You must be a real fool "Clickfool". 05:34  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      143.   Ivo -- I condemn the attack in no uncertain terms 06:44  |  SDHD 06/12/08
      144.   #135, harzion 07:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/12/08
      145.   You are all like that. 07:26  |  michael mazur 06/12/08
      146.   Click #134... is really grumpy nowadays...beware folks! 07:49  |  Esther 06/12/08
      147.   Akram #142 07:57  |  Esther 06/12/08
      148.   Hebron 08:12  |  Yaakov 06/12/08
      149.   I remember prominent Jews gathered on Soviet TV 08:15  |  17 06/12/08
      150.   SDHD #143 08:17  |  Esther 06/12/08
      151.   A mistaken reaction 08:17  |  David R. Zukerman 06/12/08
      152.   harzion #135... a real wizard at minimizing pogroms... 08:25  |  Esther 06/12/08
      153.   Pogrom? 08:32  |  FOX 06/12/08
      154.   ms kohn i agree there is at haaretz a sort of 09:48  |  harzion 06/12/08
      155.   esther and pogroms 09:53  |  harzion 06/12/08
      156.   ms kohn the journalists at haaretz are fallible 09:55  |  harzion 06/12/08
      157.   Akram of London says . . . 10:36  |  PS 06/12/08
      158.   Fake Clickfool makes an appearance # 134 10:39  |  Clickfool 06/12/08
      159.   would it be a "POGROM" were the roles reversed? 10:44  |  eric 06/12/08
      160.   what a hack job 11:03  |  J in Oregon 06/12/08
      161.   Get the Palestinians out of Judea 11:50  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      162.   How do you know they were Jews? 12:11  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      163.   Magnus K. 12:15  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      164.   clickfool you are not an englishman 12:17  |  harzion 06/12/08
      165.   Jean Van Daem 12:22  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      166.   clickfool "arch manner" 12:22  |  harzion 06/12/08
      167.   #159 eric 12:23  |  in der Tat 06/12/08
      168.   esther and wizards 12:27  |  harzion 06/12/08
      169.   To Esther @ 132 - And what would you call those 12:41  |  Mideast Historian 06/12/08
      170.   Response for harzion #155 12:57  |  Esther 06/12/08
      171.   FOX 13:44  |  17 06/12/08
      172.   # 167 to der tat re: pogroms 13:52  |  eric 06/12/08
      173.   harzion #155, 168 14:00  |  Esther 06/12/08
      174.   FOX #153: an attempt at pogrom & a pogrom - 14:15  |  ivo 06/12/08
      175.   The settlers...Need a lesson....a good one.. 14:26  |  ALI 06/12/08
      176.   No, they were protests 14:41  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      177.   Mr Clickfool you are not the Delphi Pithia, but thanks for all 14:54  |  Israeli citizen 06/12/08
      178.   Mideast @169 14:58  |  Esther 06/12/08
      179.   esther there was no shooting by settlers 14:59  |  harzion 06/12/08
      180.   esther "fray turned into a pogrom" 15:02  |  harzion 06/12/08
      181.   If this is a Pogrom - what did you call the lynching in Ramalla? 15:04  |  Miriam 06/12/08
      182.   esther "ok so it was a rampage" 15:05  |  harzion 06/12/08
      183.   ALI 15:20  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      184.   miriam we call it justice 15:31  |  forein idea to you 06/12/08
      185.   hebron august 23 1929 67 jews massacred 15:41  |  harzion 06/12/08
      186.   hartzion #179, 180, 182 15:54  |  Esther 06/12/08
      187.   Clickfool 15:55  |  lady from USA 06/12/08
      188.   To harzion 182 - the Pseudo of `Esther` 16:04  |  Josephus 06/12/08
      189.   157~ PS How wrong you are even in a false democracy ? 16:05  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      190.   Pogrom- Jews were evicted from own home 16:37  |  peter 06/12/08
      191.   esther "pogrom since property was involved" 16:45  |  harzion 06/12/08
      192.   esther "hebron 1929 had to do with outside factors" 16:47  |  harzion 06/12/08
      193.   esther there is no footage showing settlers 16:50  |  harzion 06/12/08
      194.   esther "closely resembled a pogrom in the telling" 16:51  |  harzion 06/12/08
      195.   Jews must learn to respect others. 16:55  |  David Goldstien 06/12/08
      196.   peter #190: who`s apologizing? 17:33  |  ivo 06/12/08
      197.   Noach re Jihad 18:02  |  mariapalestina 06/12/08
      198.   178~Esther : Why "meanwhile" ? & Why "occupying" ? 18:20  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      199.   At least the Settlers know 18:28  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/08
      200.   Ivo in Prague #174 Ah Hoy 18:39  |  FOX 06/12/08
      201.   Esther #150 -- re: the mob 18:41  |  SDHD 06/12/08
      202.   Rampage or Prgrom? 18:59  |  Deryck 06/12/08
      203.   Harzion (#All) Shut Up 19:05  |  Gil 06/12/08
      204.   Akram #193... I did find one sentence with which.... 19:15  |  Esther 06/12/08
      205.   194~Mark Lincoln "The rest of Israel does not know what it wants` 19:17  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      206.   # 185 Harizon 19:21  |  Guilt by association 06/12/08
      207.   A rational solution Jean van Daem style 19:29  |  rm 06/12/08
      208.   @181 Miriam 19:30  |  David 06/12/08
      209.   195~ Fox "We seem to be seeing the present Gov`t & the press 19:36  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      210.   the trouble with you esther 19:48  |  pope pius 06/12/08
      211.   #145 Michael Mazur 19:50  |  ballistic 06/12/08
      212.   SDHD#196... please accept my apologies... 19:50  |  Esther 06/12/08
      213.   #192 mariapalestina re Jihad 20:04  |  Noach 06/12/08
      214.   gil "shut up" 20:18  |  harzion 06/12/08
      215.   gil "how many people died in 1929 does not matter" 20:21  |  harzion 06/12/08
      216.   194` Mark Lincoln:"At least the settlers know what they are 20:22  |  Akram Zekaria 06/12/08
      217.   guilt by association "are you insane" 20:22  |  harzion 06/12/08
      218.   David in NY to Miriam 20:55  |  Miriam 06/12/08
      219.   Using army "against our people"?? 21:45  |  Aram 06/12/08
      220.   #196 ivo and apologists 21:50  |  peter 06/12/08
      221.   learn 22:06  |  d muntean 06/12/08
      222.   Harzion (#214; # 215) 22:16  |  Gil 06/12/08
      223.   Avi Issacharoff 22:22  |  ralph 06/12/08
      224.   LADY?..from the USA..You need to 22:28  |  ali 06/12/08
      225.   gil i do not see any difference in our positions 22:32  |  harzion 06/12/08
      226.   gil one more thing. 22:37  |  harzion 06/12/08
      227.   Grad rockets falling on Ashkelon and Haaretz ignores it all 22:43  |  dot t. 06/12/08
      228.   esther "rabid right wing posters" 22:43  |  pope pius 06/12/08
      229.   Final to hartzion.... 22:44  |  Esther 06/12/08
      230.   esther "i err in the direction of my indignation" 22:45  |  pope pius 06/12/08
      231.   esther those who are criminals must be brought before the law 23:24  |  harzion 06/12/08
      232.   Very very shameful and disgusting 23:37  |  Avraham 06/12/08
      233.   Definitely last hartzion #231... 00:12  |  Esther 07/12/08
      234.   pope pious, leave Esther alone & don`t hide behind a stupid name 00:15  |  ivo 07/12/08
      235.   tearful abraham 01:27  |  yirmi 07/12/08
      236.   oh, these philological subtleties 01:29  |  Axel 07/12/08
      237.   Arabs and Jews alike must stand up to thugs and terrorists 01:50  |  Jassim 07/12/08
      238.   #218 Miriam 02:19  |  Boycott 07/12/08
      239.   #180 harzion 02:25  |  Boycott 07/12/08
      240.   At least they don`t lynch them 03:05  |  hollingsworth 07/12/08
      241.   d muntean #221: exact mirror image of excuses of pal. terror - 03:14  |  ivo 07/12/08
      242.   Boycott 05:21  |  hollingsworth 07/12/08
      243.   Boycott to an old Safta 05:54  |  Miriam 07/12/08
      244.   Settlers, Settlers, Settlers, 06:00  |  Regards 07/12/08
      245.   #203, Well Said, Gil From Haifa! 09:00  |  Silvienne 07/12/08
      246.   203: No wonder Silvienne agreed, Gil 11:55  |  David Teich 07/12/08
      247.   #234 Ivo..Mind Your Manners..If pope pious wants it to be 15:28  |  Kathy 07/12/08
      248.   # 198 Akram Zekaria When Jews Go Mad..Quite Right Too. 16:07  |  KATHY 07/12/08
      249.   #196 (THITRD TRY)Hey Ivo What are you talking about to peter?? 16:13  |  KATHY 07/12/08
      250.   #234 Sorry pope pious I appologize.I have no right to impose 17:33  |  Ivo 07/12/08
      251.   #246 David Teich..I agree With You.Gil was Absolutely Wrong 20:04  |  Ross 07/12/08
      252.   Another hysterical campaign to drag Istael`s name through the mud 21:29  |  ysl 07/12/08
      253.   248~ Kathy you always improve my clumsy thoughts 23:59  |  Akram Zekaria 08/12/08
      254.   If Israel is really a liberal democracy as it claims 16:46  |  Lebanese Canadian 13/12/08
      255.   Hebron settler riots 01:57  |  Joey Tranchina 16/12/08
      256.   Hebron Pogromists: Cause for Deep Shame 13:15  |  Zak Lamont 23/01/09
      257.   Hebron settler riots were out and out pogroms 01:19  |  NOOR 22/02/09
      258.   Hebron riots 17:48  |  John 04/04/09
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