Settlers to Barak: Don’t give PA security control of Hebron
Nadav Shragai; 8/10/08
Settler leaders on Tuesday urged Defense Minister Ehud Barak not to transfer the security control of the West Bank town of Hebron to the Palestinian Authority. The leaders, from Hebron and the nearby settlements of Kiryat Arba and Gush Etzion, made this plea in a letter they sent in the wake of recent reports about the potential transfer of security control over the town. In the letter, rabbis expressed shock and outrage about the proposal, which they say would transfer control to what they call “the Fatah and Tanzim terrorists known as the Palestinian Authority.” They added, “Similar steps in the past have always lead to terrible bloodshed.”
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1027388.html
Settlements in South Hebron Hills to be blocked during Yom Kippur
Akiva Eldar; 8/10/08
The authorities are implementing a closure on settlements in the South Hebron Hills east of the separation fence for Yom Kippur, citing a lack of manpower to keep the road open. At the beginning of the week, the residents of the settlements of Teneh Omarim and Shama’a found out that road 60, the main artery connecting Hebron-area settlements with central Israel, will be completely blocked except for emergency vehicles. So far, limitations on traffic have been in effect during Jewish holidays only for the Palestinian population.
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1027420.html